Tuesday, February 5, 2008 was a big day, the Primary Elections. It was my first time voting in the Primary Elections. Tuesdays happen to be my busiest day on campus, I have a morning class, judo in the afternoon, work after that and then a local politics class at night. I decided to squeeze voting into my schedule between work and my night class. Luckily, my polling place was located one block from my apartment. I rushed home after work and went online to look up anything I wasn't completely clear on. Still undecided on Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, I ran out the door to make the polls and my night class. I waited in line for a few minutes and was given my ballot. Staring at the ballot, I made my final decisions and marked the line in between the arrows of my choices. I almost walked out the door when a nice elderly man working the polls told me to wait and handed me the blue American flag "I voted" sticker. I smiled at him, said thank you and walked out the door feeling proud. Proud because I had just taken advantage of the great privilege we are given as Americans, the vote.
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Good job.
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