Tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 25 is designated as National Voter Registration Day in the United States.
This opportunity will be presented to our community as well. The League of Women Voters will have a presence at IGA Foodland from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. tomorrow. This is another opportunity for you to register to vote or to change your address of record for voting.
A visit to the web site http://www.VOTE411.org is yet another opportunity for you to register or change an address before the election. At the Vote411 web site you can also learn the latest on your polling place. We welcome you to join us tomorrow or to visit the VOTE411 web site.
You can also visit the Alaska Government web site at http://www.alaska.gov to learn more about registering to vote or changing your address of record to vote in Alaska. When you enter the web site, type in Division of Elections in the Search box and you are there! This site provides valuable information about the many places where you can go to register to vote, what is needed to register, as well as the polling locations.
Our freedom and right to vote cannot be dismissed lightly. If we do not do our very best to decide for ourselves and to encourage others to decide for themselves with our vote, we shall come to understand that someone else has done this for us. We simply must not discard this right.
carolyn V. Brown, MD, MPH
Douglas
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The RNC has decided on their candidate. So has the DNC. Not the people, but the established organizations.
So, party one is supported by the same money as party two. They are virtually identical. They do everything in their power to cast aside any outsider.
The reality is that we get to feel empowered because we get to vote. But, only as long as we vote for the two people presented to us. This is political judo, simular to verbal judo. Telling us that the only way for our vote to count is to vote for the same candidate (both RNC and DNC), with different facial features.
If you dive deep into politics, you begin to realize that no matter how you vote, the outcome will be virtually identical. By voting, you get to feel like you make a difference. But, you are only allowed to vote how you are told you can vote.
It is a sad day in politics.
I will vote my conscious, and unfortunately, I do no believe many others will do the same. When you vote, please take the time to understand who you are voting for and why. If you truly support one of the two selected candidates, you are lucky and cast your vote how you feel. If not, don't be afraid to vote outside the box. Vote for who you believe, not for who they tell you to believe.