Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Day 2 - Give of your time, VOTE



Maybe this should have been yesterday's post, but this being the election day I think it's important to view voting as giving of your time. I will be voting this afternoon (somehow missed out on the whole mail-in ballot thing). I will go with my cheat sheet in hand, having done all the research to prepare.

We can sometimes get caught up in all the negative rhetoric from media and political ads, and forget that we are voting for issues and people because it's our right to do so. The 19th Amendment, Women's Suffrage, was ratified in 1920. There is fascinating history surrounding Women's Suffrage - Susan B Anthony's fight for the right to vote, to Woodrow Wilson's change or heart regarding suffrage. We have to pay homage to the warrior women who got us where we are today.

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