We vote in order to change the country, to exercise our rights, to make our voices heard and a hundred other clichés as shopworn as they are true. But we also vote because it places us in direct fellowship with other citizens; we vote because it is a secular sacrament, an act of civic solidarity. Because it is the ultimate declaration that we are, indeed, all in this together.
From the final paragraph of this editorial in The Nation. Hat tip: truthout.
Dropped by to see if you'd reacted to NC proving to be blue (!) and scrolled down to this. It's a lovely summary of why we vote. I'll try to remember it.
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