Urban Poverty Law Center

Tennesseans, like me, can vote early.  I voted my conscious a couple of days ago even though I live in a state where the universal mind will invariably do the right thing.  I lived in Wyoming for many years and I did not have to vote for my will to be done.  Tennessee like Wyoming and a host of other states in this great land of ours are in lock-step for Romney/ Ryan. I am proud to live in a location where I am relieved of my civic duty and can be lax and lazy and not vote just to avoid being called to jury duty.  I was assured I would not be called up if I voted and the first year I registered to vote, I was called to jury duty.  Coincidence, perhaps? I explained to the kind Judge, I was a poor selection as I could not pass judgement on my peers as I have none!   His honor was not moved and said I would have to pass judgement on our county's petty criminals and meth cooks to meet my civic duty and assure our form of self-governance and rule of law is m...