![Voting line in Brooklyn, 2008. Photo by April Sikorski from Brooklyn, USA (vote here) [CC-BY-SA-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons](http://occupyworldwrites.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/512px-2008_voting_line_in_Brooklyn-224x300.jpg)
Voting line in Brooklyn, 2008. Photo by April Sikorski from Brooklyn, USA (vote here) [CC-BY-SA-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons
Hopefully you’ve researched the candidates to see which ones best meet the qualifications for who you want to represent you – or have you? Have you given up on the process? Do you feel that there isn’t anybody out there who will represent you, and you’re sitting out this time?
We’d like to hear from you. We don’t care how you voted, or if you voted. Leave a comment on this article. Tell us if you voted, and what were the important issues to you that helped you choose your candidate if you did vote. If you didn’t vote, tell us why, and what could be done to get you to participate next time.
![Ohio 2008. By Dean Beeler (Line after voting Uploaded by Petronas) [CC-BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons](http://occupyworldwrites.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Voting_Ohio_2008-300x225.jpg)
Ohio 2008. By Dean Beeler (Line after voting Uploaded by Petronas) [CC-BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons
![Waiting voters in Boston 2008. Photo by charlene mcbride (originally posted to Flickr as waiting voters) [CC-BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons](http://occupyworldwrites.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/512px-Waiting_voters-300x225.jpg)
Waiting voters in Boston 2008. Photo by charlene mcbride (originally posted to Flickr as waiting voters) [CC-BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons
Our world won’t change on its own; we have to make it change.
I got ready for my day as usual. I stopped at my polling place on my way into work and voted. My particular polling place was depressingly quiet for the time of day, which was some time between 8 AM and 8:30 AM. I thought that there would be more people there to vote, but there were only four people at the check-in table and a couple more at the booths filling in their ballots. I hope that more voters show up throughout the day.