15 Reasons to Vote in the March 7 Primaries

1. You can vote against (fill in the blank).

2. Dead people are casting ballots — why not you?

3. You earn the right to gripe about the winners.

4. Become part of an elite group. Most of your neighbors won't bother. (See No. 11.)

5. Remember that government teacher who told you voting was a social responsibility? She was right.

6. You can choose between two parties' primaries; 1 billion Chinese can't.

7. You'll have an excuse to say "no" when asked to sign a petition for Kinky Friedman or Carole Keeton Strayhorn; both are trying to get on the ballot as independent gubernatorial candidates. But only voters who don't participate in a primary will be eligible to sign.

8. Once you get on the list of primary voters, you'll get all that deliciously vicious attack mail that candidates send.

9. A trip to the polls has fewer calories than a trip to McDonald's, and the line probably isn't as long.

10. Bexar County has hired more than 1,000 poll workers. They'll need something to do.

11.You'll get an "I voted" sticker. (See No. 4.)

12. It beats watching another "Law & Order" rerun. After all, you know how those turn out.

13. If Iraqis can do it despite suicide bombers and mortar shells, so can you.

14. You can stop for a six-pack on the way home.

15. It matters. Really.

These fifteen reasons were published in an article from the San Antonio Express newspaper.