VOTE

By Sarah Scully on 11/03/2008

By Sarah Scully
Today, life as we know it will change. After an elephantine gestation, America will give birth to a new leader. With so many historic firsts, the anticipation on the ground is that of an expectant parent multiplied by the nerves before the starting gun at an Olympic relay (and for some, added to that, the dread of a grad student who has 10 hours left to complete 20 hours of work on a final thesis).

Whatever your level of enthusiasm, do make sure you vote. Participation is the point of democracy, even if that participation is in the form of a protest. If you do not like the printed choice of candidates, write in the people you would like to see run the country. To fail to vote at all, is to not care about your own freedom.