Election Day November 6, 2007
Please vote today. Our right to vote as American citizens is one of the gifts that our forefathers saw fit to give us. Through the years, fewer and fewer of us have seen the need to vote, and so, fewer and fewer of us decide our fate.
What a shame it would be that through our apathy, we would some day see the tragedy of not voting–the loss of that right to vote. Today, more than ever, we must vote.
Even if our candidate does not win or if the issue we favor or oppose does not have the outcome we would want, it is imperative that we show those candidates our support and that we show the elected officials our support of or displeasure at the status quo. If our cause does not win overwhelmingly, but squeaks in with a win, or loses by a landslide, or barely fails is not the point; the point is that we took the time to exercise our right to vote.
Freedom isn’t free, and one of the most important things that you and I can do to protect that freedom is to take the time to vote today and in each and every election.
And now, it is off to the polls to work. I am excited. I am part of a pilot project that the election board is conducting. It could go a long way to reestablish the trust in our voting procedures. Wish us Godspeed, and for goodness sakes, after you have that cup of coffee–GO VOTE!