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As a citizen of the United States of America you are given the opportunity to cast your vote and thereby add your voice to the democratic process. The alternative to the democratic process is a totalitarian system where by the government is chosen by a group of influential persons. The original founding fathers of America did not award this freedom to vote to all citizens, even in their day. Mostly wealthy land owners, white, and of the male gender, were considered to be wise and informed enough for the responsibility of the vote. Only through struggle and adversity did other minorities and women win the coveted right to vote.
Today we take if for granted. Today, many simply do not vote for a multitude of reasons, but taken as a whole they squander what others have died to protect, individual freedom and a democracy that guarantees you the right to be you.
D. Garrison
dlg@esslink.com
Registrars of Voters Association of Connecticut
Copyright © 1996 by Donald Garrison. All Rights Reserved.
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