{"id":893,"date":"2012-10-31T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=893"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:36:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:36:22","slug":"no-party-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=893","title":{"rendered":"No Party Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>It’s Halloween, and I just interrupted my first-time-in-five-years reunion with candy corn to realize what that means. Tomorrow begins November.<\/p>\n

November<\/i>. Unfreakinbelievable. Elections. Veterans Day. Thanksgiving. That<\/i> November. Yes. Holy cow.<\/p>\n

November. And, here you are. You have found yourself at the blog of perhaps the two least political people in the state. And yet, we’re looking forward to a little blog tour called WHY I VOTE.<\/p>\n

If you recall, BLOG THE VOTE in 2008 was a kidlitosphere-wide blog-tour\/essay tour kind of thing, wherein people talked about what made voting important to them, and how they hoped it would change the world. Launched by Lee Wind<\/a>, with links rounded up by Colleen Mondor, Gregory K.<\/a>, and @ Chasing Ray<\/a>. It was all non-partisan and positive, and that’s how we like it ( — we truly did like it. Some of the posts from 2008 were nothing short of soul-lightening, and truly made me glad to share my country with these folk. Take a moment to hit that link and go back). This year, we’re going to do it again.<\/p>\n

Blog the Vote is back, this year with a more personal slant – Why I Vote<\/i>. This, too, is intended to be non-partisan, and positive, and to encourage people to get out next Tuesday (argh! Next. Tuesday.), share our poll stories (do you remember going as a little kid?) and express the ideas of community and democracy – what makes our country what it is, and what could make it better.<\/p>\n

So: this Friday, November 2, the great Colleen will be collecting the links again, and we hope you’ll be there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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