I dropped the ball...

[anotheranon]

I didn't vote in the state primaries today.

I take voting seriously. Enough so that I even research the candidates instead of automatically assuming that party affiliation is a good indicator of a candidate's stand on the actual issues.

But I totally lost track this time. And I've got no excuse - it's not like school has been eating my time.

Gonna put my head on the chopping block here so y'all can kick it around: should I have gone out and voted anyway, just to do my civic duty, even though I know nothing about the candidates?

Update 10:30 pm: Re: skill_grl's comment about eligibility of unaffiliated voters to vote in local primaries: here's the scoop, though I'm still fuzzy about this particular election - it wasn't a party primary, it was gubernatorial and various positions had candidates from both of the major parties. Yet, it was still a primary, so I'm still not sure if independents were even eligible to vote.

If someone can answer this for me I'll take my wrist-rapping with grace, either because I coulda voted but didn't, or because I didn't keep up well enough with my civic duty to know whether I even could vote today or not :/

Comments

[skill-grl.livejournal.com]

Well, even though I'm a MD voter, I'm not affiliated w/ a party. So, it was my understanding that I'd wouldn't be able to vote. So, where does the responsibility fit for me?

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Neither am I, but I thought anyone could vote in a primary in MD.

See, now I'm feeling stupid, if I've done this fretting for nothing. Lemme do a bit of the homework I should have done to see if I was even eligible for this electoral shindig...

[skill-grl.livejournal.com]

I might be wrong. It was my first time even elligible, and I don't have a clue. I'll get a clue before the final election.