Isn't democracy great? When election day comes around, all the babbling about why you should vote for so-and-so is over and you finally get your say.And some of us subsequently are rewarded immediately with an "I voted" sticker to announce to the world that we did our civic duty that day.
I vote in Kenosha. And every election I come into work in the afternoon wearing my large "I voted today" sticker. And every time my co-workers -- some of whom vote in various other communities -- are abuzz about it.
"Where did you get that sticker?" "How come you got a sticker and I didn't?" "I want a sticker!"
Then there are comparisons of the stickers: "Why is yours so large and mine is so small?" "Wow, in Caledonia they're 'personalized' with the village name."
The the conversation goes on -- along with the acknowledgment of how ridiculous it is.
This amuses me every year (admittedly, part if it is because they seem jealous of my sticker -- tee-hee!). But also because in the larger picture of exercising our right to vote, we still like to dwell on what's in it for us. And for some of us, our immediate prize is an "I voted" sticker.
Did you get an "I voted" sticker? Do you think they're at all important? Or is it just silly that people become fixated on them?
