Jeffco League of Women Voters to host Legislative Reception, Nov 5, 2015
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by Mountain-News-Events
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Op-Ed article, Oct. 23, 2015
Contact: Ellen Stiner, Jeffco League of Women Voters Public Relations Co-chair
303-526-7446 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Don’t surrender. Vote!
By The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County Executive Committee:
Christina Manthey, Patty Schoedler, Lucinda Schneller and Tina Campbell
Abraham Lincoln once said, “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” Have you voted or will you vote in this November election? Voter apathy may well be the greatest threat to our democracy.
Men and women have fought and died for the right to vote, some in our own lifetime. Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964 and Viola Liuzzo was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 during the Selma march for voting rights, writer Jeff Greenfield reminds us.
Women who fought for the right to vote were arrested, jailed, beaten, chained, punched and tortured for their efforts and finally prevailed. “Suffrage is the pivotal right,” Susan B. Anthony declared. That effort served as the foundation for creation of the League of Women Voters, whose members continue to work for voting rights.
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting,” said President Franklin D. Roosevelt. “A man without a vote is a man without protection,” said another President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Today people in other countries still fight for the privileges we already enjoy. It truly is a privilege and a responsibility. To what lengths are we willing to go to preserve our right to vote? In the last off-year election, less than half of registered voters in Jefferson County voted. Apathy? Absolutely. “Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don’t vote,” said William E. Simon, the 63rd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Electing a president is not the only reason to vote. Other races and ballot issues such as those on the ballot in this off-year election, affect us in important and profound ways such as our children’s education, our pocketbooks and the quality of our services. Remember that your vote is your voice. When you skip voting, it’s not rebellion. It’s surrender. We are all equal in the voting booth but only if you vote.
“The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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PRESS RELEASE -- For immediate release
Op-Ed article, Oct. 23, 2015
Contact: Ellen Stiner, Jeffco League of Women Voters Public Relations Co-chair
303-526-7446 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Don’t surrender. Vote!
By The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County Executive Committee:
Christina Manthey, Patty Schoedler, Lucinda Schneller and Tina Campbell
Abraham Lincoln once said, “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” Have you voted or will you vote in this November election? Voter apathy may well be the greatest threat to our democracy.
Men and women have fought and died for the right to vote, some in our own lifetime. Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964 and Viola Liuzzo was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 during the Selma march for voting rights, writer Jeff Greenfield reminds us.
Women who fought for the right to vote were arrested, jailed, beaten, chained, punched and tortured for their efforts and finally prevailed. “Suffrage is the pivotal right,” Susan B. Anthony declared. That effort served as the foundation for creation of the League of Women Voters, whose members continue to work for voting rights.
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting,” said President Franklin D. Roosevelt. “A man without a vote is a man without protection,” said another President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Today people in other countries still fight for the privileges we already enjoy. It truly is a privilege and a responsibility. To what lengths are we willing to go to preserve our right to vote? In the last off-year election, less than half of registered voters in Jefferson County voted. Apathy? Absolutely. “Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don’t vote,” said William E. Simon, the 63rd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Electing a president is not the only reason to vote. Other races and ballot issues such as those on the ballot in this off-year election, affect us in important and profound ways such as our children’s education, our pocketbooks and the quality of our services. Remember that your vote is your voice. When you skip voting, it’s not rebellion. It’s surrender. We are all equal in the voting booth but only if you vote.
“The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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