When I turned eighteen a little over a month ago, the first thing I thought about was buying a lottery ticket, and the last thing on my mind was voting.  Now that the time to vote is finally here, I was much more anxious than I expected to be.

The clock struck 2:50 and I was out the door, off to Pleasant Valley Baptist Church to cast my vote.  As I pulled up, there wasn’t a line of people coming out of the door, or anything crazy that I had heard people talk about; that was a relief.  I walked inside and was a little overwhelmed by all of the different tables and booths, so I walked up to the first friendly face I saw to ask for directions.  Of course, I went in on the wrong side.  Finally, I found where I needed to be and received my abnormally large green ballot.  I sat down at a table to fill out the ballot.  Not only was it much bigger than I had expected, it was much longer too.  Once I was finished, I took it to the drop box and picked up my “I Voted” sticker and proudly stuck it on my shirt.

My experience as a first time voter was much more exciting than I expected.  I was very anxious to see what it was like, but once I got there I did get a little nervous.  The process was very easy and everyone around was helpful.  Now that I have cast my vote, I am looking forward for the next election in 2016.