If just thinking about wrangling kids while you stand in a long line waiting to cast your vote makes you want to roll the dice and stay home on Election Day, well, (1) shame on you and (2) you're in luck. There's help, free help!
Today's Mama and SitterCity have put together their resources to offer free and discounted babysitting next Tuesday. Just so you can get out the vote. Just because they care.
It's all a part of MamaVote, a non-partisan effort, which includes the League of Women Voters, to get more women involved in the political process.
Consider this from Today's Mama:
In the current political environment, U.S. women are significantly under-represented in public office. There are 87 women serving in the Senate and House, making up just 16 percent of Congress. The U.S. ranks 66th in the world in the percentage of women in national parliaments - trailing such nations as Iraq, Cuba, South Africa and China. In the 2004 election, women voted at a 65 percent rate, compared with 62 percent of men. Most analysts believe that women constitute the vast majority of swing voters, making election cycles potentially more dynamic and less predictable.
Sigh.
But about that free babysitting.
This week and until next Monday, if you sign up for a membership at SitterCity.com, use the promotional code "MamaVote08" and get 50 percent off babysitting on Election Day. The first 50 to sign up will get two hours of totally free babysitting Nov. 4. (The conniver in me would like to point out that depending on your polling station, you might get to vote AND have time for a coffee -- or a haircut or 10 to 90 minutes in the car, alone, your music blasting, no coughing over the swear words).
What are your Election Day plans? I mean, besides voting. Because, like, no matter what, you're voting, right?
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