Andi Narvaez: Re-learning PR

No one is expected to head straight back home to watch the election coverage once they exit the polls. This time, regardless of where you are from, you will have a  series of freebies to choose from for exercising your right to vote. Whether it be free Starbucks coffee, free McDonald’s cofee, free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream – and I’m sure more spiffs are out there that I have yet to hear about – companies are riding the Election Day wave. Overlook the fact that the wave is in a very crowded beach and that onlookers will most likely end up going for whatever happens to be closer to where they lay their towels down on the sand… and what you will see is that the anticipation that has defined the days leading up to the election has compelled everyone with the means to give away free stuff to do just that and position themselves as the instigators for getting people to the polls.

As if the motivation wasn’t already there. Early voting is off the charts. No spiffs necessary.

So now that you know about all the added bonuses of it finally being Election Day tomorrow, don’t forget about the most important thing – VOTE.

I think that I have done a good job this time around in keeping up with news of the campaigns, debates, good and bad advertising and PR, SNL appearances, etc. etc. What it comes down to now is the fact that voting is the most beautiful right we have right after free speech. Where I’m from, voting is mandatory so everyone misses the point. Here, you get to choose – sure, you only get a few options to choose from which, if you ask me, is ironic when you think about how many different ways you can have your coffee at your friendly neighborhood Starbucks – and to let that opportunity go to waste by not exercising it would be a shame.

I found this website and thought it was a decent enough in a “the 2008 presidential candidates for dummies” kind of way. Use it.

But regardless, when it comes to your vote… definitely don’t lose it.