Well, any other year it probably wouldn’t have been a big deal, but this was Midland TX in 1980 and the vote turnout in our precinct was fabulous. I think I stood in line for a couple of hours. Sat I mean. And, fortunately the baby was not born for about 3 more weeks.
That does make a difference! I didn’t vote until 1984, but at least got to campaign and vote for President Reagan once!
Anoreth turned 18 last week and had to go to the DMV for her permanent driver’s license (32 dollars!), and registered to vote. After listening to her gripe about how the DMV was just like the old Soviet Union, the employee put “Libertarian” on her voter registration.