I plan to drop my absentee ballot off at the polling place during early voting 🗳

The governor’s executive order allows for that and its the easiest way for me to do it – I can just fill it out from the privacy of home and be in and out. No wait or delay.

There is no reason for me not to vote by absentee. None of this year’s elections are competitive this year, so ballot challenges are very unlikely. But more than that, the basic law around absentee voting is straight forward and if you follow the rules your ballot will be counted. And even if you don’t follow the rules, chances are still good your ballot still will be counted.

And truth be told, any individual ballot doesn’t matter much. Only collective opinions decides elections not individual voters. It’s good to register your opinions – that’s important in a democracy but your opinions are only one of many so don’t get wrapped up around them. Your own vote isn’t going to change the world. Certainly if voting wasn’t so easy with the early voting site a less than a quarter mile from home, I’d probably think twice – although I’d probably still vote because it’s important.