failing on my civic duty
I feel like a second class citizen today. For the first time since I turned 18, I didn’t vote.
I tried, oh how I did try. First it was getting an absentee ballot from Salt Lake… but I found out that I sent it to the wrong district’s office and it had to be forwarded on, so I didn’t end up getting the request made by the deadline of last Friday.
Then I found out that I could register to vote at the voting polls today. Yay! I busted my hiney to get everything in line, double checked on my patients, wrote all my orders… but we were admitting and my last admit took 3 hours to do…. then another half hour to finish things up… then another 20 minutes signing out to the on-call resident.
I was ten minutes late.
The joys of being in medicine.
I heard that other senior residents let their juniors leave for a short time so they could exercise their patriotic duty. Not mine, of course. Because that would mean he’d actually have to do some work and we couldn’t possibly have that.
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Awwww. *huggles*
I hope the results make you happy nevertheless!
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I feel your pain. But at least you tried to vote. I, on the other hand, didn’t even try. It all stems from an overwhelming hatred for the office staff at the Secretary of State. I’ve never gone there for anything that it hasn’t taken me 3 or more visits to accomplish one thing. So, when I found out that that’s also where I have to register to vote, I refused. “Who cares who runs this state, anyway, I won’t be here long,” I thought. I didn’t feel bad about it until election day when I found myself heatedly debating issues and candidates and yet remained powerless to convert my feelings into action. Then I felt even worse today when many of my candidates lost. I’ve never not voted until now and I plan on never missing it again. Even if that means dealing with the incompetants at the Secretary of State. It’s worth it so that I can get that little “I voted” sticker.