Voter Registration

As everyone knows, today was election day...the day you get to go fill out a little sheet of paper and hope to make a difference in the world.  Well, unfortunately, I didn't get to do that.  So who decided how voting was going to work anyway?  I never really thought about it until today.  I mean you have to register and then when you go to the polls you have to show your ID and they have to find you on the list and then you have to sign and finally you get to mark the boxes on the paper.  My experience didn't quite go like that...

First of all, I totally forgot today was election day!  How I did that you may ask?  I have no clue!  I mean its been plastered all over facebook, the radio, and tv, not to mention the millions of signs on the side of the road!  Anyway, I got home and was wondering where in the world my family was...I text my mom and she said that she just got done voting and was heading home.  I text her back saying I totally forgot about voting!  I then realized my voter registration card was sitting near my desk...I forgot to mail it.  See we moved to a different county about 2 years ago now, and I still hadn't turned in the registration with my new address yet.  I thought I had mailed it...however, the form sitting here next to me says different.  So I asked my mom what I should do, and she said that you are supposed to go to the last place that you voted.  So I jumped in my car and headed to Lincoln, hoping to get there before the polls closed.  I went in and guess what?  My name wasn't on the list or in the computer!  I explained that I had moved, however I hadn't sent them anything to notify them of the change yet.  I don't know how they knew that I had moved, but they did because they took me out of the system!  =( 

So I got home and explained everything to my mom and she noticed how sad I was...so she gave me her I Voted sticker!  Lol...kinda dorky I know...but in a way it cheered me up!  Isn't it great how mom's always seem to know how to make things better?  So besides my voting experience, I had a pretty great day...however, it was quite unproductive!  I told a friend this morning that I needed to add procrastination to my list of interests...lol.  I haven't done any homework today...so I better get started!  Talk to you later! =)