“We need to vote like our lives depend on it, because they do.”

Justin Dart

Get Out and Vote!

October 13, 2004 is the first day of early voting.

Is it important to take part in our elections, I mean after all, does my vote really count? I’ve heard this question a lot lately. To me there is nothing more important than taking part in what makes this country great. I DO have a voice, and that voice is at its strongest when I use my right to vote.

I may talk to politicians, organize, join groups like ADAPT and fight for the rights of my fellow Americans with disabilities, but they all fail to compare with the power I possess when I step behind that curtain and VOTE. You see, my ability and right to advocate comes from my right to vote and the fact that I vote. While over time my efforts outside the voting booth will not be memorialized, (hell I forget half the stuff I do) but, once I vote, there it is: stamped, punched, printed out or however voting machines continue to record votes. Right next to my name is how I voted. My stance. My opinion. My voice, forever.

Every vote counts! In local elections, it is routine for winners to win by just a few votes. In larger elections, every vote counts. How can there be any doubt how important every vote is after the confusion of the 2000 Presidential Election. Every vote, your vote counts!

Individually it is not only my right, but my privilege to have my voice heard on election day. Election day is your opportunity to use your strongest voice; use it! Get out and VOTE!

Randy Alexander

November 2nd have your voice heard. Vote!
What’s at stake: our next President and Vice President, U.S. House of Representative, TN Senate (even #’d districts), TN House of Representatives.