I Did My Civic Duty

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It's the first Tuesday in November and I have done my civic duty. I took my non-driving adult son to the polls. We occasionally discuss politics at home, but I don't try to pressure my kids into voting for the candidate that I think is most qualified. I do, however, encourage them to study the issues and vote according to their convictions and values. This country has become very polarized politically in recent years and it will be interesting to see which way the wind blows this time around. I must confess, though, that I am a bit skeptical about the veracity of the vote. It has been shown that hacking the system isn't as difficult as it should be and there seems to be minimal effort put forth to limit voting to those who are actually eligible. I'm not eligible to vote myself, but every time my driver's license comes up for renewal the bureaucracy not only attempts to register me to vote, they ask me to declare myself as either a Republican or a Democrat. And I have to explain that I am NOT legally eligible to vote. I could have voted today, but I followed MY conscience and abstained.