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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Will you vote?
I don't care how you lean politically, I just want you to vote! Voting is a privilege we, as citizens of this contry, are granted by birth, and it is also a sacred duty; for only by voting can we elect to Congress those individuals whom we believe best represent us, who can best work and deliver on the promises of America. I do not subscribe to the arguement "my vote doesn't count" for this reason: in all save the presidential election, our votes count, the candidates are granted office by a simple majority of votes. Your vote, coupled with your fellow citizens'votes, will decide the course of this country for years to come. If you are not registered to vote, get thineself registered, and then vote! For the good of your country! And, if for no other reason, when you want to complain about the elected officials, at least you will be able to say.."And I voted!"
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Since I just joined the blog, I'm weighing in two weeks later - When I was a young girl - my paternal grandmother was the only one of my grandparents who did not come from recent immigrant stock. Her parents were jewelers, and for their time fairly avant garde - She was born in 1889 and had one sister and one brother. All three not only graduated high school (a rare thing for girls) all three also graduated from College. Great Grandma Freeman, Grandma Mabel and Aunt Eva, all vividly remembered not having the right to vote and cherished that right once they had it. When I was a child,until she died, every Sunday we would have dinner at Great Grandma's house and in the afternoon, everyone would sit around the table and discuss current events - at the time the Korean conflict was going on. But.... this is important - if a person was of age and didn't vote, they weren't allowed to have an opinion. The only two non-voters who were allowed to voice an opinion were my cousin Paul and myself. One of my earliest memories is being asked what I thought about a topic and you can bet at the age of 6 onward, I made it a priority to listen to the news and read (as best I could) the newspaper. You can bet I vote for everything - from bond elections to the Presidential election.
ReplyDeleteAs i think you may be aware, MKB, we as a family always had the children talk at dinner about everything that was going on in their lives, any and all topics, and the duty to vote was discussed many times. I can say to the best of my knowledge, both have voted in every election, and been willing after to discuss who and why each of us voted the way we did. Thank God for this basic freedom!
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