Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!

Today is the 88th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
In honor of the anniversary, I thought folks could share their first-time-voting story… The first time I voted (and I was so excited to) was in the 1996 presidential election. I had turned 18 years old a mere four days before election day, and I was living in New Orleans at the time – which meant that I had to vote by absentee ballot. Not quite the lever-pulling fun I was looking for, but I remember being so psyched that it didn’t much matter to me. I was also the high and mighty gal who was appalled by my classmates who weren’t voting, and wasn’t afraid to let them know. Yeah, I wasn’t very popular at Tulane. (Thank goodness for transferring!)
What’s your story?