(S)He who Hesitates...

The 2012 Election is coming up fast! Just over a month until Election day - Tuesday, November 6 - and we will be choosing yet again who will be the man representing us as a country, officials on the state and local level, as well as other referendums, depending on where you live. There is always a lot going on on election day.

Often no one exactly fits the bill of what we are looking for, and we feel as if we are choosing the lesser  of two poor choices, or we may decide it's not worth voting at all, but in reality that is never the case. Your vote counts and it DOES make a difference, in all elections and particularly in the state and local ones.

"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate." -Thomas Jefferson, third US president (1743-1826)

It is important to register early, especially this year when your state may have new rules or restrictions that you need to know about. While the goal of a democracy is an equal vote for every citizen, it isn't always simple to get that chance to vote. You have to get registered, and you have to exercise the right once you are.

de·moc·ra·cy 

noun 

plural de·moc·ra·cies

1

a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority

b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

2

: a political unit that has a democratic government

3

: the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority

4

: the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges

Here is a link to all the information you need to vote in the next election, no matter where you live: Register to Vote

People who do not live where this is an option wish it was. What makes it work is our participation. Remember, if you do not choose, the choice will be made for you. Vote!