Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. If we sound like a broken record, continually carping about the need to exercise our ability to vote, we do not apologize.

You see the ability to cast a vote to help choose our government leaders is not something we take lightly.

Voting is serious business.

Voting is so serious, so American, that we feel it’s a slap in the face to all of the men and women who have defended our nation against enemies domestic and foreign if you simply don’t vote today.

The absolute least way in which we can say “thanks” is invest a few minutes of our Tuesday to go and vote.

So if you know someone who is registered to vote and either voted in the Democratic primary on Aug. 4 or didn’t vote in the primary, please urge — no, shame them if necessary — to remember to vote today.

On today’s Democratic primary runoff ballot will be Adams County candidates for sheriff, chancery court clerk, District 5 supervisor and both northern and southern district constables.

These are important roles and whom we select — or don’t select — will determine the direction of Adams County’s future.

Please make it a point to spend a few minutes today and vote.

If you don’t, in our minds at least, you forfeit the ability to complain about local government for the next four years. Each of you can be a valuable part of our community’s success, but it starts with caring enough to get up and go vote.