My Vote

So I dutifully went off to the local Salvation Army hall to cast my vote for the general election this morning.  In all honesty it's probably been a total waste of time as the candidate I voted for has about as much chance as a cat in hell of actually being elected in this particular constituency.  I rarely seem to live anywhere where the person I'm voting for has a chance of being elected - perhaps I'm just always out of step with everyone else.  

I always feel it is my duty to cast my vote, however out of step it is, especially as a woman - bearing in mind how hard the Suffragettes fought to get the right for women to vote.  (And, as a small aside, did you know that women in Switzerland only got the right to vote in 1971!!  That particular piece of information from P (who is Swiss) always totally amazes me.)

Anyway, something good came of me doing my duty, I spied a notice outside the Salvation Army hall saying they are holding a Table Top Sale there this Saturday morning.  Needless to say, I shall be trotting off to check out what's on offer.

Comments

[ginny]

i often think that many of us feel that our candidate hasn't got a chance in hell ... but if we all get out and vote for who we really want then maybe they will have!
thanks for the info about when women finally got the vote in switzerland.
warm wishes
ginny

[Katrina]

I too dutifully went off to vote this morning, and don't really expect the person I voted for to be elected. But if I don't cast my vote they most definately won't be elected. I think there should be mandatory voting, but the they would have to add the option "Non of the above"

[Caroline]

1971!!!!????!!!! Am amazed. Always think of Switzerland as quite a forward thinking type of country (though I couldn't tell you why).

[Maureen]

I believe that sleepy old New Zealand was the first place women had the vote!
I'm just watching the election results. God help us all.

[Teresa]

The candidate I voted for didn't have a chance either. If everyone voted for who they really wanted though instead of trying to keep someone out of power, there'd be a very different outcome! Good luck at the table sale.
Teresa x