People will tell you your vote can't or won't matter. Vote anyway.
Some will tell you the system is rigged. Vote anyway.
The federal government will certainly do everything they can to suppress voter turnout. Vote anyway.
Vote-by-mail is under threat due to postmark changes designed to hobble it. Vote anyway--and vote early.

Voting doesn't solve everything, but it's still our first and best defense, if we'll only use it. Yes, plan for what comes next. But vote, too. It matters.