Red Sheets, a student of Liz Finin at Commodore Options School, Odyssey Multiage Program on Bainbridge Island, Wash., read and responded to the YES! Voting can be—is—such a personal thing, which is why it’s no one’s place to tell you to vote (or not). But there is one pervasive thought circulating among eligible voters, and it’s that your vote doesn’t matter. This idea that your ballot doesn’t count because other people will already determine the election is toxic. But a vote doesn’t have to be just for a person.