{"id":2035,"date":"2015-09-29T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2015-09-29T09:48:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:48:06","slug":"campaign-chronicle-1-week-to-election-vote-early-vote-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/campaign-chronicle-1-week-to-election-vote-early-vote-often\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Chronicle, 1 Week to Election: Vote Early, Vote Often!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m only partly kidding with that title, and in a second I&#8217;ll explain why.<\/p>\n<p>First, two important notes regarding the 2015 Cary Town Council election:<br \/>\n&#8211; TODAY (the 29th) is the last day to request an absentee ballot. Your request needs to be in the Board of Elections office by the close of business.<br \/>\n&#8211; TOMORROW (the 30th) is the first day for early voting in Cary. You can vote at the Herb Young Community Center from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, but only from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>So, <strong>vote early if you want to!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"VOTE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theresasthompson\/2999130055\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VOTE\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3034\/2999130055_8697986e51_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;VOTE,&#8221; by Theresa Thompson, on Flickr under Creative Commons.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, about that &#8220;vote often&#8221; bit, remember that even though I&#8217;m on the ballot for the District D seat on the Cary Town Council, <em>I&#8217;m also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/anticampaign01.html\">the Anti-Candidate<\/a>, available as your convenient write-in vote for any office, anywhere, at any time<\/em>. So whether you live in Cary or not, whether your election is on October 6th or in November with all the normal elections, if there&#8217;s a &#8220;write-in&#8221; slot on your ballot and you don&#8217;t have any strong feelings about the people vying for the office, put me down for the job! Just be sure to spell my name right: G-r-a-y R-i-n-e-h-a-r-t. Don&#8217;t confuse the election officials.*<\/p>\n<p>I think it would be hilarious if, in addition to getting votes for District D, I got a few write-in votes for other offices on the ballot. So <strong>spread the word:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tell your friends;<\/li>\n<li>share the link to this post on social media;<\/li>\n<li>forward the link to a friend (or even an adversary);<\/li>\n<li>print a flyer in either <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/docs\/Campaign_Flyer_v01_Color.pdf\">color<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/docs\/Campaign_Flyer_v01_BW.pdf\">black and white<\/a> and put it up somewhere;<\/li>\n<li>hire a skywriter to put &#8220;Vote for Gray&#8221; up among the clouds;**<\/li>\n<li>stand on the streetcorner and encourage people (but don&#8217;t harangue them; nobody likes to be harangued) to vote and even to write me in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vote for Gray, for everything!<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n*The fact that there are two &#8220;Gray Rinehart&#8221;s in the world may be confusing, but I&#8217;m the only Anti-Candidate.<br \/>\n**Fair warning: If you do something silly like that, be prepared to send LOTS of paperwork to the Board of Elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spending Disclosure:<\/strong> As of this date, my campaign has spent a total of $84.<\/p>\n<p><em>This blog post was &#8220;paid&#8221; for, at the cost of $0 and whatever time it took Gray to write and upload it, by The Gray Man: Service, Leadership, Creativity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For additional updates and info, sign up for my newsletter using the form in the right sidebar or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/election.html\">visit the election page<\/a> on my website.<\/em><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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