This year on Election Day, it appears a record number of voters will turn out to the polls to cast their votes for president of the United States of America.

As people bark back and forth about whether Republican Sen. John McCain or Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is the better candidate or which one has the better platform, many of us will be lost in the middle. No, I’m not talking about those of us who are unsure for whom to vote.

I am speaking of those of us who could honestly care less.

Reasons that some of us choose not to vote can vary tremendously — from lack of interest in politics to lack of faith in the candidates or just plain apathy toward life. The fact that I choose not to exercise my right to vote does not matter. What matters is that I choose not to and even though some people may disagree, it is my right as well.

Truth be told, when was the last time that one vote decided an election? When did the vote that you cast ensure that a president was going to actually do half of the things he promised in his campaign? Therefore, on Nov. 4, when a new presidential candidate is elected, I will be able to say, “Well, all right.”

While major parties scramble to gain last second votes and convert people for their respective candidate, I, the so-called “apathetic” voter, will be worrying about more things than who wins the presidential race.

I continue with business as though nothing has really changed. I am choosing not to vote not because I am making a defiant stand or because I do not like the candidates — I am simply not voting. So I know on Tuesday that of all the things that can happen in the election, my vote will not change a thing because I am not voting.

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