Can't/Won't. I hear so many say I can't go vote because they have other things they have to do. Applause for all that do vote.
Sweet Cherry Pie
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Can't/Won't. I hear so many say I can't go vote because they have other things they have to do. Applause for all that do vote.
Can't/Won't. I hear so many say I can't go vote because they have other things they have to do. Applause for all that do vote.
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Sweet Cherry Pie
Good question. I'll rephrase that to can't/won't.Themom wrote: Can't or Won't?
Sweet Cherry Pie
I have to say that convinces me even more that voting is the way to go. I like my democracy and I want to support it!!
Chocolate Covered Cherry
I don't understand. I do vote.
Cherry Cola
I and now my two oldest children celebrated our 18th birthdays by registering to vote and I have voted in every election, including those little school board elections that often go unnoticed, ever since.
In the campaigns in which I've been a part, most were won or lost by just a handful of votes. Here in AR we have literally had elections won by 1 vote. Often these elections were larger cities and counties in hard fought campaigns, but because so few constituents excercised their right to vote that's what it came down to.
I always wanted the right to complain. I didn't want the decisions to be left up to other people. Most of all I admire the women who bravely fought for my right to have a say at all.
Plus, I would love to see more women involved in politics. It has been my experience that in the matters of government a woman generally does a better of job of running with diplomacy and getting the bills paid on time and without corruption.
In the campaigns in which I've been a part, most were won or lost by just a handful of votes. Here in AR we have literally had elections won by 1 vote. Often these elections were larger cities and counties in hard fought campaigns, but because so few constituents excercised their right to vote that's what it came down to.
I always wanted the right to complain. I didn't want the decisions to be left up to other people. Most of all I admire the women who bravely fought for my right to have a say at all.
Plus, I would love to see more women involved in politics. It has been my experience that in the matters of government a woman generally does a better of job of running with diplomacy and getting the bills paid on time and without corruption.
Sweet Cherry Pie
Well said!!Themom wrote: I and now my two oldest children celebrated our 18th birthdays by registering to vote and I have voted in every election, including those little school board elections that often go unnoticed, ever since.
In the campaigns in which I've been a part, most were won or lost by just a handful of votes. Here in AR we have literally had elections won by 1 vote. Often these elections were larger cities and counties in hard fought campaigns, but because so few constituents excercised their right to vote that's what it came down to.
I always wanted the right to complain. I didn't want the decisions to be left up to other people. Most of all I admire the women who bravely fought for my right to have a say at all.
Plus, I would love to see more women involved in politics. It has been my experience that in the matters of government a woman generally does a better of job of running with diplomacy and getting the bills paid on time and without corruption.
Cherry Addict
YOu bet I vote!
Queen Mum - Grammy to Princess Bump (Lisa Giann) and Princess Bean (Gia Bella)
Sweet Cherry Pie
GO NDP!!!!!
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Cherry Cola
IMO, there isn't a can't. You can register online. Your city or township will send you the registration form. In MI, when we change our address on our driver's license, they send in a notice of change in voting site. My Mom has had her ballot for 2 weeks and has asked questions on whatever she doesn't understand. Anyone can do that. They mail it a month ahead of time & she has it in a week before the election. Even a quadrapelgic can vote with the help of family or home staff. If anyone can come up with a good reason for "can't", I'd like to hear it...there could be a really good one for all I know. I vote in every election - except the ones last summer and fall when I was in the hospital. My ds's drive me nuts because they haven't registered to vote since they moved - and it's such an easy thing to do. When they complain about the government, I tell them it's their own fault - they could have voted. What a great right we have - and they ignore it! ARGH!
I wonder, sometimes, if we ever give God a headache.
Sweet Cherry Pie
I vote! Sometimes dh gets a little blue, and says it won't help anyway, but I can't think that way. What if there are 200 other people on 'our side' who are also saying that! Every vote counts...and even some fake votes too... 
erica
erica
Cherry Jubilee
A big can't is the large number of people in this country that are not citizens yet. Many are in the process of obtaining a Green card legally & that process can take anywhere from 3 - 5 years. Once you are a Green card holder, you cannot obtain citizenship for 5 more years & even after you apply for citizenship it takes quite a while to actually obtain citizenship.JeanG wrote:IMO, there isn't a can't. You can register online. Your city or township will send you the registration form. In MI, when we change our address on our driver's license, they send in a notice of change in voting site. My Mom has had her ballot for 2 weeks and has asked questions on whatever she doesn't understand. Anyone can do that. They mail it a month ahead of time & she has it in a week before the election. Even a quadrapelgic can vote with the help of family or home staff. If anyone can come up with a good reason for "can't", I'd like to hear it...there could be a really good one for all I know. I vote in every election - except the ones last summer and fall when I was in the hospital. My ds's drive me nuts because they haven't registered to vote since they moved - and it's such an easy thing to do. When they complain about the government, I tell them it's their own fault - they could have voted. What a great right we have - and they ignore it! ARGH!
Chocolate Covered Cherry
I even got a "Vote Now" t-shirt at Old Navy to wear to school to promote voting
~Kathy
{hopelessly addicted}
Filling my basket with all of the new goodies
{hopelessly addicted}
Filling my basket with all of the new goodies
Tiki Bar Mgr
I am a firm believer in the premise that ONE person CAN make a difference. I took on a self designed project a few years ago to register as many of our students in our high school (pop. 2400) as were eligible. I enlisted a graphic artist to design a birthday card that said"Welcome to the Party" and it had a donkey and an elephant around a bday cake. On the inside I provided the means that they could register at our school to vote and has a wonderful secretary have them delivered on the kid's 18 birthday. I enrollled close to 200 kids with a lot of help!
Cant vote? Won't vote? We are lucky we have this right...
(stepping down off my "one person can make a difference" soap box, tucking it under my arm and walking into the sunset)
Cant vote? Won't vote? We are lucky we have this right...
(stepping down off my "one person can make a difference" soap box, tucking it under my arm and walking into the sunset)
WAS a TIKI BAR GIRL AND ALWAYS WILL BE
Cherry Jubilee
I believe the right to vote is such a special privilege. I don't understand why anyone who has that right won't vote.
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