If you have to choose between donating to Madison Audubon and voting, VOTE.
If you have to choose between seeding collecting at one of our sanctuaries and voting, VOTE.
If you have to choose between birding for the rest of the fall migration and voting, VOTE.
Of course, you don't have to make those choices, but, in my opinion, you do have to VOTE.
In addition to questions concerning just about every aspect of our personal, community, and national health and well being, this Presidential election offers a vivid contrast on any conservation and environmental issue I can think of.
After this election our country will have to function as a country and, regardless of who wins, tens of millions of our neighbors are going to be bitterly disappointed. Accepting and moving on from the election results will be more possible if each of us can review the returns and recognize that a huge percentage of our neighbors joined us in voting. At least then we can believe that we all have participated in deciding our country's future course.
Just to heap another burden on you, decide now how you will vote!
If you need to register, do so here — right away.
If you wish to vote by absentee, request the ballot now, vote, and send it in or bring it to the city clerk’s office, post-haste.
If you're going to vote in person, you can vote early or make sure you know where your polling place is.
Please contact your local city, village, or town clerk with any questions, and please remember to be kind to them. These local officials are working incredibly hard to make voting as straightforward and easy as possible this year. Some are getting over a thousand emails and calls a day, and have the heart of democracy at the center of their work.
And ask your friends and family if any of them need help in voting.
Thank you,
Topf Wells, Madison Audubon board of directors and advocacy committee chair
