Newly Registerd Voter

This year, as you know, there was a primary election, and I (now nineteen) was so excited this year because I was finally old enough to vote. I voted at St. Thomas More, a catholic church on Jenkins. I had expected the voting process to be long and excruciating but it turned out to be very simple and easy. All I had to do was sign my signature next to my name on the list of registered voters and then grab a ballot and vote, and on my way out the door grab a sticker and a chocolate. I had expected voting to take hours, but really it took about five minutes. I was nervous at first though, because the lady charged with keeping track of the registered voters list couldn’t find my name. After I searched through the list for my name a couple of times though, we finally found it.
This being the first election I’ve ever participated in, it was a huge deal to me to be informed on the content of this election. I wanted to be as prepared as possible for the questions on the ballot so I researched all of the state questions, but that was a little bit useless since I didn’t really know what the effects would have been if I voted one way or the other on certain questions. And really, so many different stories are told and so many promises are made and broken during political campaigns that it’s difficult to be truly informed. Before I went to vote, I wrote down my decision for each political position and for each question, so I was very prepared. Next time though, I will start researching the questions and candidates much further in advance, that way I won’t have to guess what the effects of each option might be, and choose what I “think” will have the best outcome.