I'll be voting on Tuesday as well. The only year I've missed voting was 1998, and that was because I moved from GA to VA during the election season and couldn't register in time for here.
I'm curious to see what the turnout here in VA will be like since there's no major statewide race. The Governor was elected last year and Senator John Warner only has token opposition (a Libertarian and a Larouche-ite). NOVA and Tidewater have sales tax referendums, but other than that this election season has been ho-hum.
A little anecdote to share with everyone who thinks their vote doesn't count. About 12 years ago, when I was still in GA, my home town of about 6000 had a special election to fill a vacant city council seat. I'd almost forgotten about it until I was driving by the polling place and saw the signs, so I turned in and voted.
There were three candidates, and GA law requires a runoff if a candidate doesn't receive a majority of the votes. The next day I picked up the local paper (only published on Saturday and Wednesday) (yes, it's that small of a town) and saw the election results.
There was a tie.
For SECOND place!!
I don't remember the exact numbers, but the first place finisher did not have 50% and the other two had the same number of votes. And one of them was the candidate I voted for.
So first, the city had to have a runoff for second place, and then have a runoff to determine the winner.
All because of one vote.
So be sure to vote. You never know what kind of an impact you might have.
