Why aren't we Texas women voting?
A shocking number of women in north Texas don't feel it's worth it to cast a ballot. And apparently Texas is 49th in the nation in the number of women who vote in congressional and presidential election. How horribly depressing.
I give props to the League of Women Voters Arlington chapter and Dallas chapter for getting started studying the problem, but the rest of y'all... what the hell is up? 33% of you say you'd vote if you had more information. Is that just laziness, or do I sense a whiff of girly low self-esteem there? I'd rather it's the latter, because that I can address more easily. Listen up, ladies: go find the information. I know we're all busy and everything, but take twenty minutes and find this stuff out. It's important. The League of Women Voters does a fantastic candidate questionnaire every cycle which includes scads of useful info and usually appears in your local paper and on your local chapter's website. Go to the candidate's websites. If you trust your local newspaper, check out their endorsements. You don't have to find out everything in the world about the candidates. Check their issues positions and experience, and then make your decisions. Not so hard, right?
Then put your big-girl underwear on and get your butts to the polls. Can't make it on Election Day? Contact your local elections board about early voting or voting by mail. Scrawl your mail ballot in crayon if you have to, but vote. Women's issues only get attention when we show them how much power we have. Use that power. You know the one I mean. The right to vote, the right that so many people suffered, fought, even died for. Honor their struggle by exercising your right. VOTE.