Election Day Book Bites

Welcome to a special Election Day episode of Book Bites from the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange! We love voting, and support everyone's right to go vote for the candidates of your choice. And we encourage you to remind your candidates and elected officials how valuable libraries are to your community! All candidates and elected officials should be library supporters; we are an amazing investment for our communities. They just need to know what we need. This election season has been hard on everyone, and we are all tired of hearing the negativity. It's so unnecessary, and we are very suspicious of political candidates who try to win by encouraging us to turn on each other. Their personal short-term gains are detrimental to us all. So today we are going to share a few books on elections and voting – not covering the entire world of elections, which would be impossible in less than five minutes – but to get you started on your own reading and your own thinking. You don't have to read these books, but we encourage you to read some good books. We are an information literacy profession, and always encourage you to not blindly accept information but to dig in and think through ideas with good resources. Never take for granted that you have this precious right and responsibility. If you have not yet voted today, please do so! In Minnesota you can register at the polls on Election Day, and your voice matters. If you are listening after Election Day, no worries the next one is a short two years away. You have plenty of time to get registered, talk to candidates, and make smart, reasoned decisions for yourself. Go Vote!