Vote

Noun. 1. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue. 2. A means by which such a preference is made known, such as a raised hand or a marked ballot.

Vote comes to us through the Latin votum (meaning a solemn promise), that having come from vovere, to vow.

Today is November 2, the first Tuesday in the month, and so, my fellow Americans out there in blog-land, it is Election Day. Get out there and vote, it is our privilege and our birthright to do so, and it is a damn shame that so few of us bother to do it. No matter who you are voting for, go out there and make your voice heard. Decisions are made by those who show up.