voting is one crap I do not care to give

A few years back — long past the time anything could be done about that year's elections — someone I prize a great deal wisecracked, "I don’t vote, so I don't give a crap."

Without much thought, but I hope not too ungenerously, I cracked back: "Should that be, 'I don't give a crap, so I don’t vote?'"

I get it that some people don't believe their vote can make a difference in the kind of world (or neighborhoods) where we live, raise children, and hope for the best. But I'm still surprised when someone young, or a parent, or a would-be parent, or a teacher, or a youth worker, or anyone else who cares about the young, don't force their way to the front of the voting line — just in case it should turn out they're wrong about voting ... just in case it should turn out their vote is the one that tips an important race one way or the other.

Is it too late to vote today?