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Well, there was a big grass roots effort to get people to go for "uncommitted" due to the circumstances. I seriously considered not voting at all. But, my family was very into voting... my great-grandmother was a sufragette. I have a great aunt who was the president of the Michigan League of Women Voters, my grandma was once president of the Detroit League and my mom was the president of the Warren (MI) League when I was a kid. When my mom was in the hospital in 2006 and we didn't know whether she would make it, her biggest concern was getting her absentee ballot done and turned in. When I thought about not voting, I thought "My mother would roll over in her grave if I don't vote". Then I realized.. she doesn't have a grave, she was cremated and I still have my portion of her cremains in my house because it's been too cold to spread them where she wants them. So, I didn't think I could NOT vote while she's still in my house.
That's crazy, but it made me vote. It felt kind of Grey's Anatomy.
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