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Editorial: Still worth your vote
Even if presidential race leaves you cold, there are key races, issues on local ballot
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April Smith, a poll worker, directs voters to get their identification cards checked Friday during early voting at the Hall County Government Center in Gainesville. This year's voter turnout broke records and surpassed voter turnout in the 2008 election.
Election Days when Americans gather to elect a new president have always been a joyous tribute to our constitutional democracy and the will of the people. This election, however, is one less to be celebrated than endured, many preferring to hide under the bed curled in a fetal position. No campaign in memory has produced major party nominees who have fueled such hostility, distrust and disgust.