“Are you going before or after work?” Her mother asked her. “Before.” She quickly answered. She knew she would have to register for the drawing before work for two reasons. The first being the wait time. She knew that if she waited until afterwards that she would be in line for hours. Because most people are going to want to sleep in a little and register later. But also because she knows that if she has all day to think about doing it she will likely talk herself out of it. That and she would t be able to concentrate on anything else that day. “I’m going to stop by on my way in this morning” she explained. Also explaining the reasons why.

“Do you think this is real though?” She pondered. “I mean, they can’t tell us that they are picking one person to be the president and then not actually do it, right?” She half chuckled to herself after hearing the sentence come out in her own voice.

“In keeping with the time honored tradition of selecting our next leader on the first Tuesday in November, we will be holding a drawing. One person, aged 18-40 will be chosen at random to be the next president of the United States of America.” The radio had been anouncing it once an hour, at the top of every hour, for a month straight. I remember when my Mom heard the announcement for the first time the only comment she made was something about the ages. “18-40 year olds, no previous felonies and must pass a basic knowledge test!” “That’s all!?” She screamed! “Well it’s about time they have some young blood in there!” She exclaimed.

The radio hosts had explained that the reason for the difference in age requirements that apply now versus what the used to be were because it is as different age makeup in this country. It used to be that you had to be at least thirty five when you became president. But the majority of the people I. This country are under thae age of 40. So having an 80 year old presidents no longer applies to us. We need fresh blood. We need people who understand the needs and desires of the majority, not people who are close to death.