Readers…what happened? The dog ate your ballot? You had to visit sick Aunt Jenny? You would leave the voting to more knowledgeable voters?
Nearly 80% of Santa Clara voters DID NOT VOTE!
What happened? Whether you were thrilled with the outcome, disappointed, or didn’t even care, you will live with the results created by a small minority of residents.
Friends, this is frightening!
There is NO good reason to not participate in one of the most important and critical privileges we possess as citizens. The right to vote is a gift which my father and thousands of others gave their lives for in a war that could have prevented you and me from ever voting again.
Not voting is how we, as residents, inherit people in power who are pitiful and practices that are painfully pathetic.
And you feel powerless?
If you do not vote, you cannot complain. Regardless of whether your issue or candidate of choice is victorious or defeated, if you did not vote, why should you have any right to complain?
You can currently complain because we remain a free country. However, that freedom is under siege from a movement to eliminate the right to have a different opinion.
Would you be happy with only the right to think about what you are told to think?
The right to still vote and, making the effort to vote, continues to validate that our freedoms, our causes, our county, and country’s continuity continues through…VOTING!
There is no penalty for not voting. You don’t pay a fine. You don’t go to jail. You are not taken off the voter rolls. However, you do get what others pick for you.
Mark your calendar with a circle for Nov. 5, 2024. Take 30 minutes to read your voter pamphlet and consider your choices and why you need to vote.
Honor my father and the thousands of fathers who gave their lives so you and I can cast ballots for the candidates we believe will do the best job to represent us in town, in the state and the nation.
Your vote is critical…and it does count!
