selection election ? ? ?

So it's a few hours before, potentially, one of our country's most significant and historical elections are held since 1994. I feel slightly dramatic saying that because it feels as though it's just another 'formality' we're going to do tomorrow and a few months, perhaps years down the road we'll have more regard for the 22nd of April 2009 and realise just how significant and pivotal this day was for us as a growing democracy. Or the other side of the coin: it could potentially just be another unimportant, un-eventful election with no real lasting change in the running of our country? 

The ever hopeful in me wants to differ, so I decided to focus all my unanswered indecisiveness and uncertainity regarding tomorrow on the good stuff, realisations and thoughts I've gathered through the dilemma of 'election selection'...

 Why I've enjoyed the election slection process:

• Its given me a reason for my second blog - whoop whoop :) jokes, (but really, blog No.2 has a different pressure than no.1, just so you know ;)
• Zapiro's election fury has made for some good old 'in your face' satire.
  
• The patriotic feeling when seeing pics of Trafalgar square coloured by 7000 South Africans queing to vote in London
• Election posters have made for entertaining and unusual thoughts whilst sitting in traffic... 
• The patriotic side of me has loved the fact that 20 million fellow South Africans are being confronted in seriously considering what and where they want our country to go - and that they have a vital role to play in it!
• The fact that I realised that I actually know very little about politics and have had a bit of a expansion political knowledge...
• The fact that my Mail & Guardian quiz I did on the web 'UNdecided who to vote for poll' told me I'm an ANC supporter - ba ha! Funny one! Then I redid the quiz and actually made an effort to understand the policies they were asking about - the result was very different second time round (just so you know...)
• The debate of Christian values and principles vs governance and politics? How much do and should they mix? I've had my mind sets challenged about controversial stands like the death penalty. 
• The fact that we have a public holiday! 
• Lastly, that the results could potentially be very different to what we've always assumed would be. These elections actually demand my vote because the outcome isn't as obvious as previous elections. 
  
  
  
  
  So there's alot to be said for tomorrw. I definatly want to draw my cross with the mindset of understanding the value and potential my taking part in this election and voiceing my opinion makes. I'm hopeful for an election whose end results will represent a country that yes might have problems, but has a healthy democracy, and holds a nation that thinks, engages and actively takes part in the running and future of our country.
  
  
  So after all the studying, debating, eaves dropping, news paper reading and praying...The dilemma of indecsicveness still stands, but hopefully the revelation of the 'right vote' will miraculously and in a bright light of clarification pop it's head up as I enter the boothe... but I think my optimism might be a bit over exteneded in this case.. might have to resort to the traditional flick of a coin...
  
  
  That being said I have hope, that even though we might not have the perfect or obvious opposition to vote for (well for a me at least) there's alot to be said for the 20 million representation of South Africans that are taking a stand and choosing to actively partake in building this colourful, contradicting yet transforming country of ours!

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[yes thats intentional]