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The final day for voting in the 2018 midterm election is Tuesday Nov 6. Whenever I’ve been unlucky to arrive only to see a line of people spilling out into the street, I immediately turn around, thinking “Who has time for that?” And I can imagine it’s even harder if you’re a single mother with two kids, working three jobs and don’t necessarily have the time to catch up on what’s happening in local politics. Inspiration and good ideas can come from all sorts of places, and everyone is different. But I can’t stress enough the importance of voting and taking the extra time to learn about your local politicians, because they are the ones making the decisions that will most-directly affect you, your kids and a community’s future. Before it became my job to follow the local powers that be, going to those long government meetings, or getting to know the key players and how they hoped to shape a community’s development, I knew next to nothing about what local politicians do. It was when I started learning about how important local elections are that I finally “got it.” And in a growing community like Maury County, it is especially important. The people you vote for are the ones who decide if roads are going to be built, if there will be enough schools for the growing population, or if they respect the preservation of history, all things that really matter to us on a personal level. You have to keep aware people, because believe it or not this stuff matters. It’s also a good feeling knowing that the minuscule time put into going to a voting precinct actually counts for something in the end. Go vote this Tuesday, at the very least, because local elections are what decides our tomorrow.