Election Day in NJ

Every time someone tells me that their vote doesn't matter it reminds me of something that happened to me ten years ago. I lived in a New Jersey beach town at the time. My neighbor was a school teacher and stopped me a few days before election day and asked me to support the school budget on Tuesday. I took the time to research what they were looking to do and was convinced that their budget was sound, the additions to it were desperately needed (frankly to support the influx of needy kids that flowed into the district in winter) and the potential increase in my tax bill was reasonable to pay for it.

I went to work with the intention of voting when I got home. Unfortunately NJ Transit did not cooperate on my way home with my train arriving an hour late. I got to the polling place 5 minutes too late to vote. The vote on the school budget wound up tied, which resulted in the budget being rejected. Voting matters. ESPECIALLY in these local races.

Get out and vote!

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