It's okay if you want to call me a Boomer. I've paid my dues.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

78. Early Boomer here. I was 20 years old in 1968 and

crazed that I couldn't vote.

Four years later, I was somewhat apathetic and did not vote. Didn't even register. However, by 1976 I was awake and on fire. It was so nice that the very first time I voted for President, my guy won.

It took me too long to understand that voting in the primaries, and the other various smaller elections are also important.

I'm in Santa Fe, NM, a state that makes it incredibly easy to vote. Any polling place in your county (and we have large counties here) works. Lots of early in-person voting. Hooray! I have more than once voted at a local middle school, and they have some of the kids in the voting room, helping out. I think that is the best thing ever. Those kids get to see voting in action, and I hope they will be motivated to vote as soon as they are eligible.