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*The Most Important Voting Entry*


Burnmad

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blog-0774054001478584350.gifThere is much more to be said on the subject of voting than to simply admonish you to go out and vote, as admirable as may be such an admonishment. That said, I will try to keep this brief. The first, and most important thing:

 

Voting is not just your privilege. It is also your duty. Therefore, as an adult is expected to do in the way of their duty, you owe it to yourself, your nation, and your local community to perform the task in front of you to the very best of your ability. That means thoroughly researching all of the candidates on your ballot, familiarizing yourself with their views on the many, various topics which are today contended(Google has a handy feature which will instantly pull up a candidate's statements on a given issue-- try "[x candidate] on [guns/funding/education/etc.]"), and then voting for the one which you and only you decide is the most suited to the office in question.

 

It also means, in line with the last bit of my previous sentence, that you must not allow anyone else to influence or entirely prevent you from voting as you think you ought to. Anyone who does so not only infringes upon your constitutional and god-given rights, they also impede you in the way of your single most important duty as a citizen of a free nation-- tending to the continuation and maximization of that freedom.

 

Furthermore: When you go out and vote, please take the time to vote on more than the circus which dominates the top section of the poll. Your civic duty to vote does not end at voting on POTUS; you have also a responsibility to vote on your elected representatives, your judges of the circuit court, your county positions, etc. Please try your best to make an informed decision on each choice presented to you.

 

This all may take you some time. Depending on how many candidates you have to research (and on how many topics are important enough to you to find their opinions on), you could spend anywhere from half an hour to half a day surfing the web. But recall that your efforts directly contribute to the betterment of your nation and community-- such a meager quantity of your free time is a small price to pay to contribute to the public good for the entirety of the next election cycle.

 

Two final things:

 

Firstly, voting does not occur only once every four years. This ties into the earlier note on voting more than just for the POTUS; there are many more things to vote on, and many are voted upon more frequently than every four years. Look up for your own region.

 

Secondly: You CAN vote, in almost every case. If you are a citizen of voting age with proper ID, and not, in some states, a convicted felon or mentally disabled, you have a legal right and responsibility to vote. Employers are required to give you leave to vote. Media exist by which you can acquire free transportation to voting facilities. And no one can legally keep you from voting. There is (almost always) no excuse for a good citizen and a patriot to not vote!

 

 

 

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A couple things to clarify- voting is considered a responsibility, not a duty. Simply put (in terms of US Civics), a responsibility is something you should do (vote, participate in community, be informed, etc.), and a duty is something you're required to do (obey laws, pay taxes, register for draft, etc.). I realize this is probably just a simple error, but the wording is confusing.

 

Secondly, and I realize this may be on the brink of political discussion (I do not intend to engage in political discussion here and do not in any means mean to start a flame war or something), but I do feel it needs to be clarified, the last part says you can vote in almost every case, if you have proper ID. I would like to say (and again I don't mean for this to become conflictual), it can be hard to acquire this proper ID. I have a Latino friend who is obtained citizenship through naturalization, and he's done everything in his power to get voter ID, but there have been obstacles placed in his way, and he still has not, to election day, gotten ID and is therefore not able to vote.

 

I only had a problem with those 2 things, the rest looks good and I agree with it. Everyone be sure to get out and vote

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