Proud citizens

This past Election Day, I participated as an Election Judge at my local polling place. I found out about volunteering through my government class over the summer. Since I couldn't vote, I wanted to get involved somehow and this seemed the perfect way. It was a super long day (15 hours!) but well worth it. I learned how the process works so next election, I'll be prepared. It was very thrilling and patriotic to see the amount of people who turned up to be apart of their country. We opened at six in the morning and by five-thirty, there were about 50 people waiting outside to vote before they went to work. Throughout the day there were many elderly people, but there also a lot of young people, more than I expected. It seemed that they understood the importance of this election and decided to take part. It was so nice to see them there, looking excited to vote. Because it was such a long day, my colleagues and I had fun guessing which people were voting for which candidate (under our breaths of course). The proud looks on the voters' faces as they left were so inspiring and I cannot wait until I can participate myself.