VOTE!

Election Day is kind of like a holiday at our house. Brent says it's as much fun as sports to watch the different sides go back and forth, yet the results really can change your life. As much as I have always loved voting, I have found that being an informed voter makes it even more fun (imagine that). So here is some info to help yourself be an informed voter. If you live in Utah, there is some great info on the Lieutenant Governor's page on the Utah.gov site. You can get there by clicking here. On the left hand side towards the bottom there are two links that are extremely helpful. The first is called the "Voter Information Website." Here you can enter your name and address and get your polling site (which might have changed because they expect a very high turnout this year have added a lot of sites since last November). On the page that shows your polling site, you can click another link and get a sample ballot. This is nice because you hear about so many races, and it's nice to make sure which ones you get to vote for. Then you can take that sample ballot to see the things you will vote on and look them up in the Voter Information Pamphlet. This is actually online (if for some odd reason you recycled the one you got in the mail). Go back to the Lieutenant Governor's page and go to the second link on the bottom left. It's called "2008 Voter Information Pamphlet." You can go through there and see the different candidates and issues that will be on the ballot. If you would like to discuss the issues and/or candidates, Brent and I always host a gathering the evening before Election Day, in this case it will be next Monday, November 3rd. And just in case you didn't know, Brent frequently votes Democrat and I frequently vote Republican so it's not a "vote for our guy" night. We just have been following a lot of the races for a while now and we can tell you what we have learned about each candidate and issue, then you can make your own choice at the voting booth. We'll have soup and cookies and you can come by anytime in the evening. Those with kids usually come early so they can get home and get the children to bed. Those who work late usually come later. If you print off your ballot ahead of time, it would make it easier for you to know which races are important to you. If you don't we can look them up here. We have the Voter Information Pamphlet, the newspaper voter information article, and some various campaign mailings. If you want to come over, just let us know. You can leave a comment here or email me at onepagemore@yahoo.com. Oh, and for those of you who don't live in Utah, I am sure that your respective states' webpages will have voting information for you as well. Whatever you do, please make your voice heard! VOTE!