This time next year we should be looking towards a new President and administration. We should be in the weaning days of the Bush years and ready to move on. The question is move on to what or whom? Did your vote count? Was the election fair or did it appear to have been bought or cooked? What did you do to make sure everything was on the up and up?
It doesn’t matter what political strip you are, without fair elections we don’t have a democracy. Our country was an experiment, our founding fathers believed that humans could govern themselves without divine rights. With kings and queens you have the belief that God intervened to ensure that this family ruled this country. Hence, the Queen of England is Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and is also the defender of the faith. Our country was different and in addition to a personal belief in God, our founding fathers believed in each other. They wanted a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”, and not a kingdom. The knew this was an experiment because they knew about the ability of power to corrupt.
Our democracy requires that each citizen do their job which is to vote when asked. The citizen’s job goes even further, the citizen is responsible to ensure that his or her vote counts. The question comes right back, what are you going to do? Do you know if your vote leaves a paper trail that can be recounted if need be? What happens when you cast your vote?
This is not an issue for some and not for others. This is not something for the progressives, or liberals and not for conservatives. This is not something for Democrats and not for Republicans, or Libertarians. This is an issue for everyone. Our Constitution is fragile, enforcing it requires people with ethics and integrity. Our soldiers defend it overseas, but we defend it here. IF we are not willing to ensure that our elections are free and fair then the United States is dead and our founding fathers have failed. Now is the time to ensure that your vote counts. Find out the facts, write letters, volunteer to serve, if you don’t stand up who will?
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it's not our duty to vote. it's our duty to be informed and engaged. I'd much rather have 20% of the population vote if they were informed, educated, and engaged rather than 80% of idiots.
You lost me here. How do you have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people if the people don't participate? You view smacks of the original view of the founding fathers that only those of means could vote.
I do agree that it is a duty to get informed and engaged but I do feel it is also your duty to stand and be counted.
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