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BeaRational
Citizen
by
rationallyvotingfor
yourrepresentatives.
Inthe2012presidential
election,therewere
146,311,000peoplewho
registeredtovote.When
itcametothetimeto
votetherewereonly
126,144,000peoplewho
actuallyparticipatedin
Americaasanewcountrysetupa
theelection.This
governmentforthepeopleandbythe
22,167,000deficitis
minorcomparedtomany people.Itwasestablishedsothatthecitizens
previousyears.Inother oftheUnitedStatesofAmericacouldelect
yearsthedeficitwas
representatives,ultimatelygivingthepeople
over50,000,000.Itis
crazytoliveinacountry thepowertohaveasayintheirgovernment.
wherethousandof
Manypeoplehavehadtoworkfortheright
peopledontparticipate. thattheywereguaranteedduringthe
Canwereturntothe
constructionofthegovernment,statedinthe
enthusiasmcitizenshad
70yearsago:whenmore constitution.
peopleturneduptovote
thanwereregistered?
amessageaboutthepast
Throughouthistorythereweretoomanytime
thatAmericanshavebeendeniedthebasic
righttovoteinelections.Peoplefromdifferent
ethnicitieshavegottenthisrightthrough
differenttimesinhistory.WomenandAfrican
Americanshavehadtogaintheirrightsinthe
early20thcentury.Latinos,Asian,andNative
Americanshaveallgainedthisrightthrough
hardworkfightingforwhatwasrightfully
theirs.
Nobodywill
everdeprivethe amessagetoourfuture
American
ForAmericatoreachitsfullpotential,
peopleofthe
Americancitizensneedtodowhattheycanto
righttovote
activelyparticipateinthegovernment.Todo
exceptthe
thispeopleneedtounderstandhowtovote.
Votingcanbeeasyifitismadeapriority.If
American
youmakeitapriority,youcanmakea
people
difference.Thisisyourvoice,itistimetobe
themselvesand
heard.
theonlyway
theycoulddo
thisisbynot
EAsyvoting.
FranklinD.
Roosevelt
amessagetomakeadifference
1. Thefirststeptobecomingarationalvoter
istomakesureyoumeettherequirements
toregister.
2. Toregistertovoteisfastanditiseasy.
Especiallyifyoucanregisteronlineinyour
state.Dontprocrastinatebyregistering
early.
3. Learnwhereyouneedtovoteinyour
area.Itisbettertofindoutasearlyasyou
canwhatyouneedtodoinyourregion.
4. Dontbedumb.Spendtimeeducating
yourselfbylearningaboutthecandidates.
Thisisprobablymostimportantbecause
thisishowyouplayyourpart.Makinga
decisionisprobablythemostimportant.
5. Asthetimetovoteapproacheskeepita
priorityandtakeaction.ItstimetoVote!
amessagetoyou
Thehardeststeptobecomingarationalvoting
citizensitfindingoutwhatyouneedtodoin
yourspecificlocation.Everyplaceisslightly
different,findthespecificsforyourarea.These
followingwebsitesmaybehelpfultoyou.
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Forfurtherinformation:
https://secure.utah.gov/voterreg/index.html
ElectionDay
https://www.pavoterservices.state.pa.us/Pages/
PollingPlaceInfo.aspx
http://www.elections.state.md.us/voting/where.h
tml
https://voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/PublicSite/Publi
c/FT2/PublicPollingPlace.aspx?AspxAutoDetect
CookieSupport=1
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/2016/
http://www.idahovotes.gov/voter_info.shtml
http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voterinfo/vo
treg.html
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HowtoVote.(n.d.).RetrievedNovember21,2015,from
http://www.wikihow.com/Vote
Newsletter:AreYouReadyToVoteNextTuesday?(n.d.).RetrievedNovember21,2015,
from
http://www.apiavote.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2015/newsletterareyoureadyvotenextt
uesd
StatisticBrain.(n.d.).RetrievedNovember21,2015,from
http://www.statisticbrain.com/presidentialelectionvoterstatistics/
VotingRights.(n.d.).RetrievedNovember21,2015,from
https://www.aclu.org/issues/votingrights
VotingRights.(n.d.).RetrievedNovember20,2015,from
http://www.civilrights.org/resources/civilrights101/voting.html