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Determined to vote 10:23am on 23 Oct 2008 Speaking of early voting, I've been working on my ballot for the past four hours. This will be my first time voting in the presidential elections; last elections I had barely turned 18, lived in Ecuador, and had no idea that I could do mail in. Policies of the following four years inspired a sort of disdain for my own country as I spent much time abroad and recognized so many shortcomings of American life in general. I had made up my mind that as soon as I graduated, I would get the heck out of the country and only come back to visit my family on occasional holidays.
These elections, perhaps in an effort to redeem myself for my past mistake, I found my candidate early on and threw myself full fledged into the Obama campaign, canvassing door to door in the rain, and arguing with old men who patronized my young judgement and called Obama a "rockstar for you kids", only to have AZ lose in the primaries. We were disappointed to say the least... but hey, we won our region, and we won by surprising margins! We were hopeful; hopeful for the elections, hopeful for the nation, hopeful in general. As hope overcame my cynicism, I realized I may not be proud of everything my country does, and regarding certain issues, I cant stress that enough, but I am proud of what it can be with some change, and that's enough to make me proud to be an American, especially if I can be a catalyst for that change simply by connecting two sides of a black arrow. I think many of my peers feel the same way. We're just so excited for these elections and the difference we can make!
Well, I'm still leaving the country to join the Peace Corps for a bit, but for the first time, I'm actually excited to come home, and maybe even stay a while. Hey, maybe I'll even see about getting into politics... :)

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