Getting the Vote Out - Getting the Vote Right

The elections are at hand. Can you put aside all the negative advertising? Try. It is all designed to distract from the candidates and issues. Remember, this sort of thing is a Red Herring.

Early voting is available in Florida where I live. I will probably vote this week and avoid the lines on election day.

Probably the most effective thing we can do in an election is pray for guidance in our candidate choice and decision making. God probably won't wake you in the middle of the night to tell you how to vote, but prayer will clarify your thinking, and the guidance will be there.

If you have gone over your sample ballot and scratched out the scoundrels and incompetents; if you have set aside the Red Herrings they are trying to feed you; and, if you have focused on the character of the persons running for office, now you are ready for decision making. Now take a look at the real issues and make up your mind about them. Then vote!

Remember

The Hermeneutic of Voting

1. Pray for guidance.

2. Throw the Scoundrels out.
3. Identify and eliminate the Incompetents.

4. Choose the Party or the Person
5. Beware of the Red Herrings
6. Decide the issues
7. Pray for guidance.
8. VOTE

God bless and keep these United States of America.
Amen.

Early Voting

I voted today, using our early voting opportunities. It was an interesting experience. After being identified I was taken to one of the new electronic voting machines. The poll worker entered my precinct and id number and showed me how it worked. I found the machine easy to use. On the way out another poll worker explained how the paper trail worked and how the voting machines were electronically protected.

Of course, this is only Orange County. I don't know what machines are used elsewhere. All of this still requires faith, but it does seem to be an improvement over 2000, 2004, and the vote early and often tactics of my days in Chicago.

Vote - your vote matters!