I keep hearing about people who think they vote won’t matter and that people who don’t want to vote should be respected. Voting is your civic duty.
What does civic duty mean? From legaldictionary.com: Citizenship connects Americans in a nation bound by shared values of liberty, equality, and freedom. Being a citizen comes with both rights and responsibilities. Civic duty embodies these responsibilities. Such civic duties help uphold the democratic values of the United States.
If you are a citizen of the United States, it is your responsibility to vote because that’s how our representation as individuals is governed. If you don’t vote, you’re not represented. I won’t get on my soap box about how women fought for the vote for decades and finally received 100 years ago or how African Americans had to fight for their vote, I’ve written exhaustively about that. I will be posting graphics about voting because I feel that strongly about it.
Believe in your power to vote. Encourage one other person to vote. It does make a difference in our democracy.
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