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I’m proud to say that I  live in a democracy and that means that I get a say in who runs our country, and by way of this privilege I also get a say about how our country is run. It is very easy to be blase about our right to vote and take a “whatever, who cares” kind of attitude about it but I take this job very seriously. That is why I am going to vote in May.Sure the registration was so much of a hassle and yes, I  have to head down to a polling station on voting day to tough it out and line up and wait for my turn which takes some time out of my day but these are very small prices to pay to be able to vote.

The only way democracy works is if citizens, young and old, are active participants. A government by the people, for the people just can’t work without the people. This is a simple fact. Like a car without an engine, or a computer without a hard drive, a democracy without voters is just a shell and has no power. While it is easy to say “one vote doesn’t make a difference” the reality is that every vote counts?I know that as an individual my vote may seem to be little more than a whisper but when our votes are combined with the votes of others who share the same views as mine it becomes a voice and the more like-voters there are the louder that voice grows. So get out there and make your vote be heard.

If you don’t vote you really have no right to complain about government decisions you don’t like (no matter how much they actually suck).
OK, if there is one thing that is really annoying to us actual voters it is the endless ramblings on the bad political policy of a current government spewing from the mouths of eligible voters who never bothered to cast a ballot. If you don’t vote it is like saying you don’t care how your country is run, so if you don’t care where do you get the idea that you can complain when something happens that you don’t like? If you don’t vote you really have no right complaining about anything the government does and if your like most people you like complaining and have it down to a fine art. Want the right to complain when the people in power make a truly heinous decision? Then you must exercise your right to vote.

I am joining different advocacies that would help spread the importance of Clean Elections. Map Your Election Precint Contest is a great way to start.I really encourage everyone to make their voice be heard.

Bottom line: you should vote because you can. Voting is a tremendous gift.You should vote because you can, if you don’t you may one day wake up in a country where you can’t. It can (and has) happened. Enough said! Make your voice be heard.