Whose vote is it anyway?

Every election cycle, especially Presidential elections, you hear people
complaining about how some independent candidate "stole" votes from
their preferred candidate.

Take for example the case of Ralph Nader running for President as an
independent, and the subsequent complaining by Democrats that Ralph
"stole" votes from the Democratic candidate.

Let's be very clear about one thing: the vote belongs to the people, each individual
voter having the right to cast their vote for the candidate of their choice. Once they
have cast that vote, you could then say that that vote belongs to the candidate for
whom they voted.

Please, vote your conscience; and if you are not comfortable with voting for a
candidate presented by either major party, feel free to vote for a third, even a
fourth party candidate of your choice.

The Constitution of the United States of America did not establish a two party system
and there is no reason we have to choose from either of the two major parties in "lesser
of two evils" scenario.

Do not feel like your vote has been wasted if your candidate of choice does not win,
you cast your vote as you wished, and it is going to take a lot of us voting for candidates
that may lose to start a tide going out that will sweep business as usual out to "sea".