I used to be guilty of not voting. For years. I registered when I was eighteen years old but did not hit the polls for the first time until I was over thirty. For shame. Now I proudly exercise that right, the one countless lives were lost in order to grant me. And you. I vote even when my ideal candidate is not on the ballot. I vote because it is my right and my duty. I vote because I refuse to believe my vote doesn't count. I believe it does. I believe yours does too...
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fifteenth Amendment:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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Nineteenth Amendment:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any other State on account of sex.
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No government can continue good, but under the control of the people. ~Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1819
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. ~John Quincy Adams
Did you?
Not yet. Waiting for the lines to get through the pre work people. Thinking about making the kids walk the course of the Thanksgiving day run Youngest wants to do. (AKA the run of doom.) But rest assured, I will vote... and the kids will too (in their very own booths with their own special ballots. They get a bumper sticker and a bunch of fun stuff... I wish someone gave us fun stuff...)
ReplyDeleteVoted a couple Sundays ago right after Church Services.
ReplyDeleteWas nice, 15 minute line. My sticker said "I Voted Early".
I remeber as an old enuff but ignorant young'in spouting "the same rights that allow me to vote allow me not to vote". Glad I grew up, a little anyways.
Indeed! It's a privilege that I am thankful to enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you voted.
ReplyDeleteI always say if you don't vote, you don't deserve to bitch and moan about the government.
I voted several weeks ago. It was so easy.
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