I don't want to make the title out to be more than it is. All I did was sign the witness section on the voter's absentee ballot. It was after she voted, so I didn't have a chance to inform her about different candidates or platforms, but by signing that (she didn't even know about it) I made sure her vote counted.
She is truly an apathetic voter. She couldn't care less about which party is in power. For an assignment I helped her with a couple weeks ago, she didn't even know who the Governor of Minnesota is, or who the candidates are. Same thing with the Senate. I pointed her to campaign websites, and helped her find the position papers for each candidate.
More below.
I think she's one of those people who will never be interested in politics, but she's still voting. She's also a new voter, sending in her voter registration card along with her ballot (although in MN if you don't vote every two years, you need to re-register).
She also said something that I thought was interesting. She probably voted for Governor, House, and Senate, but she said that if she didn't know the candidates, she didn't vote for those offices. I don't know if my interpretation is how she meant it, but I took it to mean that she'd rather make no decision than the wrong decision. I'm not really sure.
I'm also not really sure that her decision to not vote in some races is a good one or a bad one. I guess in some ways it's both. It's good that she wants to be informed before she votes, but it's bad that she didn't try to inform herself about some of the other races.
I don't really have anything else to say, no informed analysis. It's just a bit of a warm and fuzzy diary to share the day before most people go out to vote.