Have you voted?
In the past few months, we've walked our precinct, worn stickers, attended rallies, met politicians, decorated our vehicle with bumper stickers, passed out literature, and talked to scores of people. I've posted about it here on my blog and sent out an email to my email newsletter. We've had long discussions around our dinner table, followed the polls, read many articles, and prayed fervently...
Tuesday, November 7 is here and I have one question for you:
Have you voted?
Though this is not a Presidential election year, this election is very crucial to the direction of our nation. If you are a registered voter in the U.S., please take time next Tuesday to vote. And please encourage your relatives, friends, and neighbors to do the same. I've made it my personal goal to encourage 25 people to vote. If each of you did the same, think of the impact that could make!What's stopping you? Go vote. Right now. Don't put it off until later. Do it first thing in the morning if you can.
For those who live in Kansas, I especially implore you to vote. There are some very Godly men on the ballot this year who are in extremely tough races. Each and every vote makes a difference. Take the time, make the time, to vote. The future of our state and this nation depends upon the leaders we elect today. If you are unsure of who to vote for in Kansas, this website has a lot of helpful information on conservative candidates.
As Shannon said:
There is great speculation this year that the "values voters" of middle America will stay home from the polling places. That we've had enough. That we've given up.So, have you voted?
Prove them wrong.
Show them that regardless of how our politicians may behave, we Normal Americans still care enough to be a part of the process, flawed though it may be. The worse things get in Washington, the more your vote matters.
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Related posts from other bloggers:
Lydia: Vote Early and Often
Alicia: Go and Vote
Joyce: Vote Out of the Abundance of the Heart
Lady Why: It's Election Day
Lines from the Vine: Election Day
Trixie: Why Not Vote?
Treasure Keeper: Attention Fellow Americans!
Cappuccino Life: Don't Forget to Vote!
Mrs. Happy Housewife: Get out and vote
Quiverfull Acres: I did it!
Homemakerang: Live on Her Way to Voting and Voting TODAY!
If you post about voting or encouraging people to vote on your blog, email me so I can consider linking to you, too.
Honorary Mention:
Carrie wins the creative shirt award - I especially love Reagan's!
Anyone else doing anything creative in honor of the election and conservative beliefs? I'd love to hear about it! Email me.
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Just For Fun!
I have made a personal goal of hearing from 200 people on my blog who voted. I'd like to top that number, but I thought I'd at least shoot for something quite reasonable.
So, if you have voted, I want to hear from you. I don't want to hear who you voted for, or what party you voted for (Sorry, we're going to stay away from party politics today, though I certainly would hope that the majority of you would be voting conservatively!). All I want to know is that you and your family voted and how many in your immediate family voted.
If you advanced voted, be sure to tell us that, too. I'm going to keep a running tally all day and let's see how many votes we can collectively come up with from this blog's readership! If you don't feel comfortable commenting or don't know how to comment, please email me with your family's voting tally.
Feel free to copy this idea or something similar and use it on your own blog, too. The more conservatives out there encouraging their conservative friends to vote, the better. (By the way, to all my non-conservative readers, you all have my complete permission to take the day off from blogging and voting tomorrow!)
I'll start: We advanced voted - 2 persons total in our home (too bad Kathrynne's not quite old enough yet!).
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Current Blog Readership Collective Voting Tally: 472
Help me out here!
posted by Crystal Paine at 7:39 PM
182 Comments:
We advance voted! 2 voters in our house.
2 advance votes here in sunny California! :)
We are voting tomorrow as soon as the polls open...2 voters in our home! :)
Hubby and I voted for the very first time this year. It feels good. 2 advanced votes here is WA...
We advanced voted! It was a thrill! There were 3 voters in our home with an additional 5 voters in sons, daugher, daughter-in-laws, and son-in-law. Thanks for all you do, Crystal!
we are voting tomorrow, both of us!
My husband did early voting Friday. I will go first thing in the AM and report back. :)
My husband and I both are voting tomorrow! In fact, my church asked that everyone who could would fast today concerning the election day tomorrow. Here in Missouri we have a big issue with Stem cell and cloning...I really can't wait to go vote! I wasn't able to vote in the presidential election, and have only voted once in my whole life of 23 years! Shame on me...
We advanced voted - 2 persons total in our home (California)
My husband voted early because he will be out of town tomorrow. I will vote first thing in the morning and my 18 year old son is going to vote as soon as he can after work! My 17 year old daughter has been recruiting and ecouraging voters to get out there and vote if you have the privilege to do so and she is really looking forward to the day she will be able to vote.
I think I already indicated on another post that we had already voted, but just in case we weren't in the count (I sure don't want to be disenfranchised ;), there were five votes from the Hayden family and every one of them were from advanced voting last Saturday. I was thrilled to have voted already. Now I can focus on other things tomorrow. :)
Oh, and I included a short post on my blog encouraging people to get out and vote. Check out: Vote Early and Often.
Happy voting to everyone tomorrow!
I will be voting tomorrow, my son and DIL also, we may get together later and watch the results come, we usually only do in presidential elections, but this feel very important. Loml will likely not vote, but that is okay as he would only cancel me out, so I do not encourage him.:)
We're both voting tomorrow!! :D (2 from Ohio) There are a lot of issues on the ballot, that's for sure!
Here in Oregon, we have to vote by mail. My husband, two sons and I have voted. It's very encouraging to read comments by those who have not voted in the past, but are now seeing the importance of it.
I voted early on Friday. (Two in our house that voted). Here in Colorado we have an amendment for our state Constitution which would ban gay marriage. I pray it passes.
Katie
I participated in advance voting last week, and my DH will vote tomorrow.
Tami
Lord willing, there will be 4 from this household voting today.
Not "stealing" but will have a pointed perspective on Christians and Politics on my blog. Dentist appointment this morning so brevity and redirecting will be the momentum. :-)
We voted and sent our ballots in about a week ago..
4 votes in oregon.
Yep, we advance voted here too. @ from our house, too bad ds and dd are not old enough!
My husband and I voted in advance voting last Friday. There were long lines- many were getting out to vote! Sarah
Two will be voting in our house once the polls open. And, I posted a 'get out there and vote' blog post too! You can see it at www.kittenwhiskers.blogspot.com
See you at the polls!
My daughter and I just voted and hubby voted last week as he is out of the country today.
3 voters today in my household!
I voted this morning in NC! My husband participated in the early voting program.
We voted here in VA. 2 voters in our house and 7 furute voters.
I voted last Thursday, the last day of early voting, and my husband votes today.
My husband and I both voted at 7:00 this morning! In Virginia, we're also voting on an amendment that bans gay marriage, besides a very highly publicized Senate race. Go conservatives!
I voted and put it in my blog. In Wisconsin there are important questions to vote on.
Hubby and I both voted today here in rainy Indiana!
3 from my household.
Sorry to disappoint, I voted a straight democratic ticket and my parents voted spilt tickets. My brother is away at college and won't vote. (Although he could have if had really tried)
I’m thinking turn-out is going be good this year, they said it had been steady all morning. The last election we had was a run-off between 2 candidates and in a city of a quarter-of a million people only about 1000 voted.
My husband wants me to vote after lunch. He has his own personal conservative blog and he also writes for the AOL elections blog. My duty today is to report to him what number voter I am and tell him about the lines. :-)
Husband will be voting after work for the same reasons. So count us in as two votes in Ohio. If you watch TV news, ABC is probably interviewing the AOL bloggers. My husband goes by NixGuy.
We were at the polling place early this morning. My daughter got to vote for the first time. She is mentally challenged, yet knows her heart in whom she wants to vote for. Of course we discuss things that are important to the family. We have 4 in our family, and now we all can vote. We made it a family affair, got up early, went and voted, then my husband took us out for breakfast. He thought that would be a good tradition to start.
Mrs. Scott
I voted! DH will vote on his way home from work today!
I'd like to encourage other South Carolina voters to get out there and VOTE! We are voting on the all-important marriage ammendment (defining marriage as one man/one woman).
My DH and I will be voting today here in Michigan.
I voted! And was very disappointed by the LACK of voters at my polling place. I'll be posting about it later today.
My husband was bumming because yesterday (Monday) he found out that he had to be in Sarasota, Fl at 9:00 today and won't back to Missouri til after 8:00 this evening. His boss asked him how was voting and then was lamenting that they couldn't send a democrat away! Absentee ballots had to be requested by Nov 1 and the only exception were for medical emergency. But I'll be voting! So only one from our household.
Hey, we advance voted too - it seems quite popular:) That's 2 from our house.
We voted today. There's 5 in our family that voted.
Hubby and I have voted today! Here in South Carolina there was a marriage amendment on the ballot this year, very important stuff! Now comes the fun part :)...watching the numbers roll in. My two oldest (9&5year old daughters) get a real kick out of it too. They were so excited during the last presidential election (at only 7 and 3!) you would have thought they were running! My five year old asked this year if they were old enough to vote yet (heehee) and was kind of upset when I told her it would be a while. They pray with us for our officials and elections, I think that gives them a feeling of ownership in it all.
On my way to vote... 2 voters here.
My husband and I both voted early this year!
We've got a few key issues up for the vote here in Wisconsin as well...but I just don't understand why we're voting on one of them (gay marriage). Our constitution already makes it illegal, why do we have to pass another AMENDMENT? Ugh, politicians. I'll be posting on my blog later today about the election experience in Wisconsin....it was awful this year!
I'm glad I got to go do my civic duty though...Watch, now I'll get called for jury duty! ;)
My husband and I both got up and voted early this morning!
Lisa G
With much prayer prior to voting, both my husband and I both voted in beautiful Oklahoma!
2 votes today from our home!
I voted, and my husband will as soon as he gets off of work. Thanks for the reminders!
2 voters in our house voted today, plus one of our friends voted as well. (Although I think that we voted vastly differently than you did. We live in Kansas and I'm pretty sure you would not have voted for who we voted for.)
2 voted in our home.
My husband and I both voted this morning!
I voted here in Mississippi!
I voted in VA, and 4 people from my immediate family voted in MI (including my little brother who voted for the first time!). :)
2 adult voters in our home. There was very light attendance at the polls when I was there mid morning. I hope I caught it during a lull and that it's not reflective of the whole day...
2 voters from DE =)
I voted!! Yeah- my first time! And so did 3 others from your family. So I guess that gives you 4 more. Do you have a prize for the 200th person??? :) :)
Have fun tonight- wish I could be there!
~Your little sister
Crystal,
I voted last week and my husband is stopping by to vote today.
So technically one so far but by tonight it will be two.
~Jen
I voted last Tuesday, my daughter voted last Friday, and my husband will vote today! He is in the Navy, so will show up at the polls in uniform - usually that gets him "head of the line" privileges! We lost a voter as our son is going to Bible college in Arkansas and he wanted to vote on the issues there....
My whole family has voted this morning. My 6 year old wanted to vote for Abraham Lincoln. I told her that God has already used Abraham to fulfill the purpose He had for him, now we have to vote for someone who is alive. I am from Georgia. Our current Governor is a born again Christian. I pray he is re-elected or it will be a sad day. God Bless America. Everything that takes shape in these last days is very crucial.
One voted in our house today.
My mom and I voted this morning (my first election!). Dad will vote after he's done with work. All conservative.
Anna M. in Iowa
Voted at 7:50 a.m. in Alabama
My husband will be picking me up in just a few minutes, so the two of us can go vote together. So two in our household!
2 votes here in Illinois.
Four Georgia voters in my house :).
My husband and I voted, along with our parents! That makes 6!
My hubby & I were out at 7:00 am this morning to place our PA vote. We like to beat the lines!
(2 voters)
I voted! Though it took some work- I never received my mail-in ballot, our city's website reflected an incorrect polling place, and when I got to my real polling place I was told that my driver's license isn't good enough ID as it reflects an old address (though my current address is on my "virtual" license), so I had to go home and get 3 utility bills reflecting my current address- except all my current bills go to my PO Box due to the prevalence of mail theft in our city- so I dug up some older bills (yay filing system!) and fortunately no one looked too closely at the dates on them, and I voted!!!!
I'm the only voter in our home currently, as the Mr has not yet obtained his citizenship. However, most of my siblings and both my parents voted early. The Arizona ballot was LOADED with propositions this year- I actually NEEDED my cheat sheet as some were very similar in topic. Whew!
I voted! However, my husband didn't, unfortunately. Only two voters in our household. I took my four-year-old daughter w/me. After a little coaching, she can now say, "Straight Republican ticket!" My two older daughters would've voted if they were old enough!
All those old enough in our household voted--that makes 2 of us!
My husband and I voted. We took two of our sons with us and discussed the process and our choices. This was one of their Cub Scout citizenship assignments. I used the paper ballot instead of the touch screen computer because after the last election, our local paper discovered that there were more votes cast in our county than there were voters! I think there should be a paper trail when counting the votes.
I voted this morning! Josiah can't vote this year because he's not a citizen (yet) but I do hope he'll have his citizenship in time for the '08 presidential election.
2 in our house will be voting tonight the rest are under the age of 11 so they just go watch. This year we are not voting for "the lesser of two evils" all on the ballots hate God, they believe murder is a choice and Sodomy is fine. - Vermont
We voted this morning! We made some t-shirts showing our political leanings, and even though Reagan couldn't vote, he was a walking billboard for us! :) I'll post pics later. Jealous that you got to see the president! :)
I forgot family! I know for sure that both my parents voted, as well as my 22 yo brother. My 18 yo sister should be voting for the first time today, but I haven't asked if she got to it yet.
And I know how *all* of them voted/will vote. Same as me. :D
2 voters here today--adn we live in MO so many prayers ging out before hand. We also have a 6yo daughter--and she knows what the issues are and how we are voting and why we are voting that way. I only wish my parents had done that with me.
There were two votes from our household. One by absentee ballot and one just a few minutes ago.
At my house we had 2 voters: one advance voter (DH is in Kuwait in the Navy) and I just got done voting. Melissa
DH and I just got home from voting, so put us down for 2! The polling place was very busy, and we were told it's been like that all day - good news!
Becky in IL
My husband and I both voted.
Here's two more in South Carolina. We are voting as soon as I get home from work. Its a very important race here with the marriage amendment being voted on.
It is such a privelege to live in a country where we have the right to express our opinions and choose our government.
Three Voters Here!
Both my husband and I voted this morning
Three ballots were postmarked from our home today (where we live you must vote by mail).
KT
My hubby & I both voted this morning here in NH!
One voter here in WI
Me (Jaclynn), my sister Samantha, and brother Kendall, all voted (absentee last week).
I think what you are doing is great. Spread the word and I urge everyone else to vote! Here in Ca, we are electing a governor. I heard that in 36 states a governor is being elected. wow!
Another two votes in CA -- my husband and I voted today. (In fact, he was the first one at our polling place this morning...)
My hubby and I both voted this morning.
Voted absentee last week. The judical retention ballot was a royal pain in the neck, though.
A vote in Alaska (my first vote in Alaska)!!
Took my daughter along so she could join in the "fun" :)
I didn't vote...because I live in Scotland! But if I did live in the States, I would definitely be out voting! Democracy is such a precious thing, something people have died for and something too many people in the world do not yet have, for me to waste my vote.
Two more...Me and my husband.
:)
Two have voted in our house!
I voted today! My husband will be voting when he gets off duty from the Fire Department this evening (before the polls close). So that's TWO votes!
2 voters here.
Two voted in WI.
Crystal, I am a 24-yr-old wife and mother and I respectfully disagree with you on almost every issue you write about, but I like to read your blog every so often because I like to meet and read about people from all walks of life and who come from all points of view. I appreciate your writing because you are articulate, passionate and sincere in your beliefs. Although I read your blog often, I am posting for my first time today in honor of democracy and our country. Isn't it wonderful that people with all viewpoints have an opportunity today to make their voices heard?
I already voted, and my hubby will be voting as soon as he gets off work!
6 in our household voted today.
2 voters in our household...
Yes we voted. Count this message as 2 votes, my husband and myself! My God's choice win!
Ruth, from PA
Hubby and I both voted (absentee in advance).
2 votes in from KY!
My husband and I are leaving to vote right now! My parents voted earlier today; all conservatives. We're praying for a Godly govenor here in PA!
My hubby and I just got back from voting. So 2 voters in MI!
I did get to vote after all! One voter here as my husband is not a US citizen. I woted earlier today!
Hubby and I both voted today. My sons both received the "I voted" stickers and my 11 yo was heard exclaiming "I can't wait until I can vote, 7 years is too long to wait!" Hopefully that attitude will remain.
2 conservative votes here in the great state of Texas:)
Hey, I voted. I took my boys with me as I wanted them to watch me again. The polls were crowded (my precinct had the shortest line). The poll workers said they saw faces of people from our precinct who had not voted in the past. The rain did not keep them home.
Two voters here, by absentee ballot (due to being in the military) a couple weeks ago!
I voted my values today! Unfortunately, it's very difficult to determine who is worthy, when very few candidates respond to the Illinois Family Institute (found through Focus on the Family "Citizen" website) questionnaire. If they refused to answer, I was very sceptical. I very rarely would cast my vote for someone who would not reveal their views, unless I knew more about them. Even today, I felt uninformed, especially about judicial candidates...but, I voted my best, and did my duty before God and my country.
Dh and I voted this morning ~ 2 in OK. ;D I also encouraged a friend who recently moved here, who can't vote yet, to cast her ballot in the form of prayer.
Okay, you may add two more voters to your list from Massachusetts.
2 of us in VA voted as soon as the polls opened at 6am in Gloucester County!
Praying that the Marriage Amendment passes.
Three voters in my household!!
My husband and I both voted today in PA, also praying for God's man as our Govenor!
Blessings,
Kelly
mom to 6 in PA
There are four voters in our household, and we all voted!
3 voters in our house all voted republican here in Wisconsin and "yes" for the marriage amendment!
My husband and I both voted today here in Northern VA. I know that his dad also voted for sure, so that's three on my count!
Hi Crystal-
There are two of us in our New Jersey household and we both voted today. Thanks for the encouragement!
JanH