November is election time, in Texas as in most or many states across the country. In Lubbock County, there are no local races, so the only voting is for amendments to the state constitution.
I peruse the local newspaper, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
http://lubbockonline.com/ almost every day; I do have a home subscription, and if I do not read it daily, I make a point to get "caught up" with the newspaper regularly. I get the headlines on line for the Austin Statesman http://www.statesman.com/ which helps me to keep up with the state political news.
I actually get news from other sources, not relevant to this posting.
Somehow, I had glossed over the fact that there was an election, although I had seen the propositions in the newspaper recently.
Thursday night, after work, I stopped at one of the local supermarkets to pick up some things I needed for work the next day; I use the side door, in an effort to get in and out really quickly, even in the rush hour crowd. In the course of shopping, after I wandered around the store for a bit, I decided I really needed a grocery cart. I went to the front of the store, and saw the voting area.
It was devoid of voters, although there were plenty of workers and voting machines. Obviously, the shoppers going by were not interested in voting. I had not thought much about it, but decided it was an opportune time to vote, and this would help me not to forget, as there had been very little publicity about these elections.
So, quite accidentally, I decided to vote. I am glad I did. I feel voting is a very important obligation of my citizenship. A duty as well as a right, that I should cherish and safeguard.
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