Early voting to expand Monday: Here's where you can cast your ballotWTF? To find out, your LakeCountyEye Zoomed with Dr. I.M. Bhatschidtkhrazzi, Professor of Electoral Engineering at the College of Lake County.
"Ya," said Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi, "Don't let all the twos and zeros fool you. 2021 is an odd-year election -- election day is April six."
Your LakeCountyEye texted back: OIC
"Be sure to vote." continued Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Odd-year elections are the only elections where your vote counts."
Your LakeCountyEye's vote does not count?
"Who did you vote for in 2020?" asked Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi.
Donald Trump, of course.
"Then you wasted your vote." smiled Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi.
Your LakeCountyEye begged Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi's pardon.
"70,000,000 other losers just like you also voted for Donald Trump." explained Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "How much did your one vote count? Your vote contributed toward one seventy millionth of Trump's landslide victory. Statistically speaking, one part out of seventy million is indistinguishable from zero. You would have gotten more mileage staying at home and spreading alternate-facts on social media."
Well, that was unexpected.
"Now, in an odd-year election like 2021" continued Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Your vote actually does count, and by lots more. By orders of magnitude!"
How so?
"Do the math." smiled Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Let's say 70 people come out to vote for your Mayor. Then one vote for Mayor packs a million times more wallop than one vote for President."
Wow.
"And not only that." said Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Let's say your Mayor wins by 7 votes. If you voted for him, then your single vote was one seventh of his total margin of victory."
Your LakeCountyEye heard enough. Did Dr Bhatschidtkhrazzi have any parting advice?
"Tell your Operatives the next time they see their Mayor, remind him that he owes them some favors. Kerching!"
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