on election day i happened to be flipping through the channels when there was breaking news that obama was about to vote. having little else to do tuesday morning as i was waking up i decided to stay there and watch. (better to watch that then “the view”) the whole obama family walked in together and him and michelle went behind those barriers where you fill out the paper forms. now your saying big deal, whats so special about that. well the thing that was most interesting to me is how he started explaining the whole thing to his daughters, and really made them aware of the process and the importance of it. he spent a very long time doing this, probably much to the dismay of the rest of the voters standing in line.

the reason why i found this so important is because i feel like parents rarely include their children in the voting process. when your a little kid if you happened to be dragged along to the place where you cast your vote most of the time its all about getting in and getting out maybe with the occasional “stand right there and don’t move while i vote”. i feel parents should include their children in the process and explain to them the importance of voting, and the privledge of it. this way more people would be aware starting at a very early age and hopefully the number of americans who exercise their right to vote would increase.