Gen Y and Voting, are they?

Has anyone else spoken with their Gen Yers and found out that they didn't register where they live, therefore they can't vote today? Or they assumed that Mom was going to send them their absentee ballot from "home"? (Though they live and work in another state) or (they can request an absent ballot themselves! Novel idea). Or they don't feel that they're familiar enough with the candidates or the issues to vote? Really? Are you kidding me?

I've taken a very cursory poll of friends and these are the varying common threads.

Have we done such a poor job of teaching our kids: our Millennials, our 20 somethings, our Gen Y kids, that the privilege of living in this country is that we can vote? I know there were record breaking numbers of young people voting in the Presidential election, but what about THIS election? Is apathy alive and well?

I feel like "get out the vote" stuff is all over Facebook, TV, emails, signage, but I'm not so sure these kids are actually taking the time to go and vote? I sure hope I'm wrong, I hope everybody that can vote, does vote! There was a post on Facebook earlier: "you can't complain about the government or politicians unless you vote." That's one way of looking at it. Another is: "This is your country, shape it with your vote or someone else will."

~Beppie