Civic Duty

It is Election Day. Mom did not have any kind of work today. Yay! But she said we had one job to do. She said we had to go vote. She said that every American, once they are old enough, has the right and the responsibility to vote when there is an election. She said it's very important. She said if you don't go out and vote, you can't complain about the government.

So this morning, we went to vote. It was very cold outside. I had to wear a jacket. I'd never worn a jacket before. It was weird. Mom said somebody turned on the world's air conditioner. I think she's confused. I think it's getting colder because the Earth is tilting away from the sun on its axis. It's a good thing Mom teaches music.

Anyway, we went in the cold to vote. I had to hold this little card.

I gave it to the nice lady and Mom pushed some buttons on a screen. Then a nice man gave me a sticker.

That was it? That was voting?!? All the stuff on tv and all the talk about voting and that's all there was to it? Wow.

The excitement wore me out.

After we voted, we went on an adventure with Aunt Mere, Colin, and Brenna. We went to the big mall called Concord Mills. We did lots of shopping and had a good time.

After we finished shopping, we came home to watch the election results. I'm worried about it.

I'm afraid the bad guys are going to get elected and make things really bad for my state. Mom is really worried about it too. She says she did everything she could. She said that unfortunately, everybody that votes doesn't vote intelligently.

Mom tells me now that the kool-aid drinkers have won and that the people of our state have voted against truth, common sense, experience, and public education. Mom is very concerned and very sad for our state. I don't like the look on her face. She looks kinda like this...

So far, I'm not sure I like this civic duty thing....