hello ladies gentlemen and everyone watching i'm your host the report of the week and happy
election day at least for those of you who are tuning in who are watching from the united states
of course here we are with election day which it's honestly crazy for me to just think honestly and
this is just one of those things with the passage of time but the fact that we are already here
at election day yeah i don't know where has the time gone it's just crazy for me anyway
either way i know this video might seem a little bit of uh you know like an out of place
sort of video on this channel they say no i do so many reviews i always try out the latest releases
i do the the food reviews which i am giving a little bit of a break because i still have the
you know the dental stuff that i'm recovering with although i was able to try out the donuts i just
have to you know moderate certain things but it is getting better every single day so that's good
but i wanted to take the chance to discuss the 2020 election and i know some people might be
watching this they might be thinking review broad no you know don't don't go there this is this is
very controversial stuff and i understand that it is i know that this is a very very uh contentious
election this is actually a bit of a tradition though this sort of video that i'm doing right now
and you'll see why in a minute now i think when i say tradition it makes
it sound like i've been doing this for centuries or something but really i did this sort of video
in the 2016 election and i did so in the 2018 midterm elections as well and of course now with
it being 2020 for the presidential election uh we're doing another video just like this
the reason why i started doing these election day type videos is pretty simple you have a
lot of incentives to vote of course there are you know there's all these media campaigns uh so many
ads you know on youtube on tv on radio online uh celebrity endorsements you name it that tell
people to vote right they just say make sure you go vote and you can vote early you know but make
sure you vote and it's just to incentivize you to go out and vote now that's very important in my
opinion i think voting you know it's your right to vote and i strongly encourage you to do so
but to me there are two aspects of voting that a lot of those sorts of promotions and
advertisements and whatever you want to call them tends to overlook and after realizing
that it's something that i really believe in and just want to bring a little bit of awareness to
not to say that people don't already but you know every bit helps that's that's my view
if saying this in the end it gets even one person out there to just think about it even
that's a win in my book and that's why i'm here right now uh doing what i'm doing so i know a lot
of people have already voted right now i know just looking at at least some of the tallies
obviously we don't know results yet but looking at the tallies it looks like lots and lots of
people out there have already voted be that by mail or voted early but today is election day
and for those of you who still haven't voted you still have the rest of the day to do it today
and for those of you who have voted i just think it's something to think about that i'm sure a lot
of us already have but it's just food for thought that's all that it comes down to in the end
but here are the two things that i wanted to discuss today number one obviously
everyone's focused on the presidential election right everyone is focused on it and obviously you
know for good reason it's a very very important race and it's it gets the most coverage and
needless to say it is a very contentious uh race and you know you have the different sides you have
democrats republicans you have even the third parties that are out there and all
these individuals that try to make a compelling case one way or another for their candidate
now sometimes things can get dirty we've seen that we know it sometimes you know
people can try to almost bully you or force you or intimidate you to try to vote a certain way
here's all that i ask of you in the end if you have yet to vote
do your research research the issues research the candidates if you haven't already
make an informed decision and most importantly all i ask of you is to vote for who you feel
is best suited to lead this country and that's all that i ask of you you be the one
to make that decision it is your vote your ballot and your decision you need to be the
one that makes that decision no one else don't let anyone else decide for you please do the research
look it up and vote for who you want to vote for that is my honest view that's something that
i truly believe in and that i think is very very important i think that is what voting is all about
voting for who you truly believe in that's what it all comes down to dear viewers
so please make an informed decision you could do your research
i'm sure a lot of people already have their minds made up but even if you don't
uh you know it's even just a couple you know a couple minutes that you could research the
the key issues that are important to you and go from there but just bear that in mind number one
number two when you look at the ballot be that you know if you're already at the polling place
or if you've got a mail-in ballot or whatever it comes down to obviously we know that it isn't
just a piece of paper with the one selection for president and that's it obviously your ballot is
loaded with things really wherever you are in any state of the country there are all sorts
of local politics regional politics and in so many states even these ballot amendments
yes no questions that can really change your day-to-day life in possibly a very substantial way
the presidential election is important i think we all know that we all understand that we get it
but please please do not forget just how important local politics all of these down ballot elections
can be as well some of these if there are things that will really affect possibly change your
day-to-day life sometimes it's those local politics that'll get you in the end please
don't forget about it i know that those local elections those local races even those regional
uh congressional races don't necessarily get the big spotlight in the national news because i
mean number one they don't necessarily apply to as many people and uh secondly you know that's really
what it comes down to that level of interest on a large scale just isn't there but that
does not undermine its importance please don't forget how important those local elections are
the people that will even just be the mayor of your town you know the people that are there
representing your congressional district all of these things are so so important and you can do
the research there too when i got my ballot i was looking and i knew some of the names but
some of the people on the ballot and some of the individuals i had no clue who they were
what they really stood for i looked them up even a quick google search i did the research and even
after just a couple minutes time i felt that i was much more familiar with who these people were
what they stood for and now who i was comfortable voting for it only takes a few minutes of our time
it's really it's not asking all that much of you we have we have this wonderful resource
at our disposal the internet is such a beautiful encyclopedia in some ways
and it's right there to help us especially when we have these sorts of questions
so please don't forget about local elections don't forget about these ballot propositions
as well some of them are are of critical importance for certain issues that really
they may change your life in huge ways please don't forget about those either we're
all so focused on the presidential election that's the one that makes all the headlines
and like i've said probably for the millionth time while it's important do not forget about
everything else that is on the ballot because there are some very important things there as well
so make your vote count if you haven't voted already please consider it and uh of course just
be responsible be safe when you go to the polls and if you do go and i don't know if every place
does this but if they do make sure you go and ask for a sticker all right ask for the sticker
and then you might get you know some some cred as they say you could show off the sticker to
all your friends and they'll be all jealous of you that's how i got the sticker but you can do that
if you want actually let me pause the camera let me i'll show you i'll show you the sticker i got
there it is there it is you can see we got it on a little bit of a card here as all the cool kids say
now you can say there's the sticker you are you you jelly that's a real dated phrase right there
uh i'll sure i'll do this for the heck of it you know we'll we'll smile for that but uh no it's you
know it's a nice sticker it's actually one of the nicer ones that i've that i've gotten but
i don't know i always like getting the sticker it's just i don't know there's something about it
that uh it's just it's enjoyable and it puts a smile on my face but uh in the end look
it's it's it's up to you but just consider what i said that's all that it comes down to
you know i don't really want to sit here and tell you what to do but all i ask is that you consider
it that's all that i ask of you so with that no matter what you know just consider what
was said i don't think i need to say that for the millionth time but just be responsible no
matter what and uh going forward of course as my mouth continues to heal we're going to get
back on track with the channel we've got some more good reviews planned for you so stay tuned
more videos will be on the way until next time dear viewers and listeners be safe be healthy
i wish you all the very best i'm your host the report of the week take care