Proud First Time Voter!

A couple of Fridays ago, my 18 year old daughter came home from college with one task in mind....VOTING! When she got to the city limits sign, she called and said "Where do I go?"

I told her I would meet her at the Henderson County Election Office on Natchez Trace and we would vote together. As we entered we both took out our voter's registration cards and our ID's. (Yes in Tennessee you DO have to legally exist and prove it in order to vote). They gave her a demonstration on the voting machine and she was ready to go vote.

I had already cast my ballot and stood behind her while she voted (Ok yea I was trying to peek to see who she was voting for) and she promptly told me I was violating her voting rights LOL. Then when the screen said she had completed casting her ballot, she turned eyes glistening with a great big huge smile and announced proudly and loudly to everyone "I HAVE JUST EXERCISED MY RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME"! I was so glad that I was there to share another first in a lifetime of 'first's' with this lovely young lady.

In this heated election season full of allegations of voter fraud and discrepancies, let us not lose sight of the priviledge that we are afforded with the opportunity to vote. So out of the mouths of babes.... Exercise your right as an American to Vote!!