Nielson letter: Vote third party

I am puzzled and mad that this two-party system can’t come up with better candidates than Trump and Hillary. I’ve voted since “Ike” and recall one political cartoon that showed a voting booth and above it was a coin turning over and over. If was being done this November, it’s — Heads, we lose. Tails, we also lose. Will I stay home and not vote? No. Will I vote for the lesser of two evils? No. I’ll cast my vote third party and not because I think that party would/could win, but because I’ll not bow to the lesser of two evils. Don’t tell me it’s a vote for Hillary, because if you’re a Hillary fan, they tell me it’s a vote for Trump. I look at my vote as voting against what this system offers us to run this nation of ours.

This story was originally published September 11, 2016 at 11:55 PM with the headline "Nielson letter: Vote third party."