With the election less than three days away, media sources are hinting that the turnout of early voters in several key battleground States may yield clues to its outcome. It is unclear whether this is based on voter affiliation or the relentless propaganda polling that occurs as you leave the building. Election experts concede that early voting is typically dominated by those who made up their mind back in February and though the trend has historically favored Republicans, current estimates show Democrats with a higher turnout….Interesting.
Many good, hard working people among us have grown wise to the end game of politics, becoming more and more frustrated with the lack of resolve and continuity in our Government. While the frustration is almost always justified, there is at least one reaction that seldom is…it comes on Election Day when these same good, hard working, frustrated people wake up with no intention of even go to the polls, justifying it with a shrug of their shoulders and a rhetorical question… Why bother?
Voting is considered a right, but not one fully protected by our Constitution. There are Constitutional Amendments that prohibit discrimination in voting but by and large, the States play a bigger hand in deciding who can and who can not. There is an abundance of recent litigation regarding issues such as early voting limits and calls for photo identification, challenges that many feel may violate the protections that do exist. All of it is important and makes for interesting debate but I see voting as a Citizens responsibility entrusted with us by more than a million men and women who have died in the defense of our Nation, millions more who have served and all of those who continue to serve in our Armed Forces. I see it as our obligation to those who protect our own city streets and answer the call of need at any hour of the day or night. I see it is acknowledgement of those who stand for what is right because it is right…even when they stand alone. I see it as confirmation for those who were once denied their right as Citizens for no other reason than their sex or the color of their skin. I see it as a duty shared among all of us as Citizens to ensure that our basic freedoms are enduring…Every right we have as Americans hinges on it. We may not feel as though one vote could possibly make a difference and technically, that may be so, but individuality begets collective failure and it is our precious liberties that are incessantly vulnerable. It is our responsibility as Citizens, individually and collectively to safeguard them.
From Plain Truth on the Citizen Network
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