Vote!
Make your mark.
Poke a hole.
Pull the lever.
Vote!
People fought.
People died.
So we, the people,
can decide
who’ll represent
our point of view
and do the work
we need them to.
Claim your right.
Raise your voice.
Make it count.
Vote!
Whether you’re voting for class president or a member of the U.S. Senate, use your power, your right, your voice and VOTE!
That’s how democracy works. If you’re a parent and you can swing it, take your child with you. I always went with my parents. They made it a priority to teach me that voting was not just my right but my responsibility. It may have been tiresome to wait in line, but it felt special and grown-up to go with them. Now that I’m the grown-up it still feels special every single time. Every time I vote I think of all the people who can’t–people who don’t live in democracies, people who have served time and live in states where they are temporarily or permanently disenfranchised, people who have come for the safety and opportunity provided by living in the United States but aren’t yet entitled to vote. So please make sure you’re registered and vote!
Elizabeth Steinglass © 2018
