Early Voting Ends in Texas

The ability to cast a ballot before election day in the state of Texas has come to a close. Early voting ended Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock for the 2016 election including the race for President of the United States.

As of right now, the only way you can make your voice heard in this election is to do it the tried-and-true old-fashioned way, showing up at your polling location on election day, entering the booth and pressing the button.  It seems so quaint and outmoded in this era of technology and individual choice, but quite frankly I wouldn't have it any other way.

The Constitution of the United States sets very specific guidelines for how a national election will be handled. There are even firm dates listed in the document. When people start talking about changing the rules to allow more opportunities and conveniences,  I simply point out that the rules are the rules and they are pretty much etched in stone. This was the situation with the Bush V. Gore case back in 2000 as people were chanting "every vote counts," or "count every vote" more accurately. What they didn't realize was that our Constitution gave us a specific window to poll the people and count the votes and that was during the days when votes were delivered to the courthouse by horse.  Amidst all the chaos, Florida ran out of time to look at every hanging chad.  The rules are the rules, you got what you got.

Recent polls show Donald Trump improving in Texas during early voting. If you want to jump on the Trump train, because bandwagon jumping is something you've developed through years of working out, you have until Tuesday.  And if you want to try to stop Donald Trump in Texas, you have the same amount of time and the same method in which to accomplish your task.