I hate that because of the move I am unable to vote tomorrow.

There are so many things I want to take the opportunity to stand up for. But because I'm not in Houston where I'm registered to vote, and it was too late for me to register here, I'm unable to do that one small thing that involves me in our "democracy."

In states like Texas, mostly Republican -- or at least think or pretend they are Republican -- a Democrat's vote literally doesn't count. One's vote only counts if her or she is part of the majority in a certain area.

After this fiasco, they don't need you anymore. Citizens have little audience with their government until the next round of "voting". Citizens do not take part in the choices that their government makes. By definition, this means that the United States is not a democracy; it is a republic.