The day is approaching...

Election day that is, today marks just seven weeks until votes are cast all over the country.  November 6th will reveal who will become, or remain, president.  As the most high profile race in American government, since this office is the only one that is nationally decided, the presidential race should be on everyone's mind.  If you haven't started paying attention to the candidates, incumbent Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney, I urge you to start now at the seven week mark.

This is the first presidential race I'm able to vote in (for 2008 I was a junior in high school).  Voting for your first president should be a special day.  Voting in general is special, it is executing your right to participate in respresentative democracy.  The point of this post is this: vote and be an informed voter.  Deciding who has power in this country, those who run the government, impacts everyone and you should know what each candidate, and ballot measure, means for you.  Presidential races bring out the most voter turnout, and please be part of the electorate for the executive branch of America's three. 

Yet aside from picking between Obama and Romney as commander in chief, I wholeheartedly hope you vote for other offices of all levels- local, state, and federal- and vote consistently.  Get a position on issues, keep up with the news, know what candidates are saying and doing.  "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the rest".  Yes Churchill got it right, but by voting you can make democracy better and closer to its ideal than not voting.  So, cast your vote, make your voice matter.  Seven weeks until decision day.