Civic Engagement

I love Election Day. Always have. Even before I had the right to vote, I loved it. As such, I'm always a sucker for good civic engagement stories. I present you here with two. The first is a conversation I overheard at my own polling place, the second is from a recent story in the Huffington Post. Enjoy! AND VOTE!!



Overheard at my polling place in North Minneapolis:
Woman #1: Yeah, he supposed to vote today. He just got his rights back.
Woman #2: He say he gonna vote for McCain!!!
Woman #3: That fool, he gonna vote for McCain. Ha!
(Laughter all around).
Woman #1 (on cell phone): Hello? What you doing? You better be voting, nigga!

From Huffington Post:
One woman had just given birth through Cesarean section at a nearby hospital. Instead of going home, her husband drove his wife and their new baby directly from the hospital to the Library, just so she could vote on the last day of early voting. She knew she couldn't come on Tuesday, so she stood in that line, just so that she could vote for Barack Obama. Her tiny, newborn baby stayed in the car with her husband; this woman was still wearing slippers from her hospital stay. She could barely walk in her condition, yet she waited stoically at the Model City Library to vote.

Now that's patriotism!