Yes, Your Vote Does Count, and Here Is Proof

by CrownHeights.info

One of the most pervasive views that keep people at home on election day is that “my vote won’t count anyways, so why bother”. Well, I’m here to show that that’s wrong, and here’s the proof.

In the State of Maine, there is a rigorous process that oversees the counting of votes in an election. The initial tabulation doesn’t require a recount by Maine’s state law, but if there is a tie, a recount takes place. In the case of the HD141, the Maine House of Representatives District 141, a recount was called as incumbent Republican Lucas Lanigan and Democrat Patricia Kidder were tied in the recent election, each with 2,476 votes.

Following the recount, Lanigan was announced officially as the winner, defeating Kidder by just one vote. Just one single vote.

If you have ever thought your vote doesn’t matter or won’t make a difference, this is the proof that you are wrong. Had a single person decided not to come to the polls, this election for The Maine House of Representatives would have turned out differently.

Go out and vote. Always!