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Election Day
Don’t forget to vote.
One of the important rights we have here in the US is the right to vote. It is also too often one of the most overlooked. Especially in off-year elections like this year, where we aren’t voting for president. It is still important since one third of the Senators are up for re-election, and every US Representative stands for re-election. Our current president has said we should vote like he was on the ballot, and for once I actually agree with him. Vote as if his priorities, ideas, and character (or lack of) is on the ballot because this election is a reflection of our reaction to how he has been (mis)behaving and the ideas he has been pushing while in office. This election should reflect a stern denunciation of him and his followers/enablers.
It is time to stand up, speak out, and speak for decency, common curtesy, and social justice for all, not just for the favored few. It is time to voice that we are for the ultimate expression of the Declaration’s statement: that we believe that “all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator ….with the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.
We are blessed with opportunities to vote, especially here in the Pacific Northwest, where we can mail in our ballots or drop them off in ballot collection boxes-like the one pictured above. They are convenient…
