Sunday, November 2, 2008

VOTE!

It's your right.

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.
— Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1870)

 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 sex.
— Nineteenth Amendment (1920)

 The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any
primary or other election . . . shall not be denied or abridged . . . by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
— Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964)

 The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age.
— Twenty-sixth Amendment (1971)
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Anonymous said...

Timely and an important reminder. But I'd go one farther and say voting is not just our right, it's our duty. Those of us so blessed as to live here, in this greatest country on Earth, are morally obligated to participate in our government. Not only does every vote count here, how we vote impacts the rest of the world, which relies on America for leadership economically and -- hopefully one day soon again -- morally. In no other country in the world is your one vote so important, or have such far-reaching impact, as it does here.

November 3, 2008 at 5:06 PM

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