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Get out and VOTE, Damn It!
Get out and VOTE, Damn It!
Tomorrow, there is an election, how many of you are planning to get out and vote? I live in Los Angeles, so I will be casting my vote in the California General Election. This election chooses critical positions for those running our state’s government, as well as several proposed propositions that change the laws or taxes for our state.
Why should you vote? It’s a PRIVILEGE!
First of all, voting is not only a right, but it is also a privilege. Why is it a privilege Janell? I mean, after all, it’s every American’s God-given right to vote, and a privilege is more like, umm, a kid getting dessert because he ate all of his dinner. How is voting a privilege?
Well, simply because it hasn’t always been everyone’s right.
The United States was founded on July 4th, 1776. At that time, only white male citizens who owned property were allowed to vote. Well, let me clarify, only white males who were not Catholics, Jews or Quakers. The state laws changed over time, and eventually, religious affiliation was no longer an issue.
African American males were not allowed to vote until 1870, over a hundred years later, when the constitution was ratified with the 15th amendment giving black males the vote. And, African American women won their right to vote alongside their white sisters in 1920, with the 19th amendment. In 1940 congress finally recognized all Native Americans as citizens, but it took until 1947 for all the states in the union to grant them the right to vote. The Chinese exclusion act of 1882 was finally repealed in 1943 giving our Chinese citizens the right to vote.
Basically, our voting history has been a racial and sexist nightmare, but now that WE CAN ALL VOTE, remember this is not just a right, it is also a privilege for every American Citizen. Many of our ancestors had to fight so that we all have the same right to vote, so now it is every citizen’s privilege. SO, DON’T BLOW IT, GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!
Okay, you should also vote, so, you can COMPLAIN.
Huh, what the hell are you talking about now Janell?
You see, if you are one of those people who complain about every politician, or every law that you deem is unfair, but you couldn’t take the time to haul your lazy butt over to the polling office and cast your vote, then, sorry, but… you have NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. If you didn’t try to read the literature so that you could make informed choices, thus voting with your best intentions of doing the right thing for our state, then, in my opinion, YOU have lost the right to COMPLAIN! It’s kind of like watching everyone make a cake, and then complaining that you don’t like how it tastes. Perhaps if you had weighed in while the cake was being made, it might taste a bit better once you sink your teeth into it. ENOUGH ALREADY, VOTE!
You should also Vote because yo
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By Janell MartinGet out and VOTE, Damn It!
Tomorrow, there is an election, how many of you are planning to get out and vote? I live in Los Angeles, so I will be casting my vote in the California General Election. This election chooses critical positions for those running our state’s government, as well as several proposed propositions that change the laws or taxes for our state.
Why should you vote? It’s a PRIVILEGE!
First of all, voting is not only a right, but it is also a privilege. Why is it a privilege Janell? I mean, after all, it’s every American’s God-given right to vote, and a privilege is more like, umm, a kid getting dessert because he ate all of his dinner. How is voting a privilege?
Well, simply because it hasn’t always been everyone’s right.
The United States was founded on July 4th, 1776. At that time, only white male citizens who owned property were allowed to vote. Well, let me clarify, only white males who were not Catholics, Jews or Quakers. The state laws changed over time, and eventually, religious affiliation was no longer an issue.
African American males were not allowed to vote until 1870, over a hundred years later, when the constitution was ratified with the 15th amendment giving black males the vote. And, African American women won their right to vote alongside their white sisters in 1920, with the 19th amendment. In 1940 congress finally recognized all Native Americans as citizens, but it took until 1947 for all the states in the union to grant them the right to vote. The Chinese exclusion act of 1882 was finally repealed in 1943 giving our Chinese citizens the right to vote.
Basically, our voting history has been a racial and sexist nightmare, but now that WE CAN ALL VOTE, remember this is not just a right, it is also a privilege for every American Citizen. Many of our ancestors had to fight so that we all have the same right to vote, so now it is every citizen’s privilege. SO, DON’T BLOW IT, GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!
Okay, you should also vote, so, you can COMPLAIN.
Huh, what the hell are you talking about now Janell?
You see, if you are one of those people who complain about every politician, or every law that you deem is unfair, but you couldn’t take the time to haul your lazy butt over to the polling office and cast your vote, then, sorry, but… you have NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. If you didn’t try to read the literature so that you could make informed choices, thus voting with your best intentions of doing the right thing for our state, then, in my opinion, YOU have lost the right to COMPLAIN! It’s kind of like watching everyone make a cake, and then complaining that you don’t like how it tastes. Perhaps if you had weighed in while the cake was being made, it might taste a bit better once you sink your teeth into it. ENOUGH ALREADY, VOTE!
You should also Vote because yo