Why You Should Vote

People have died defending the right to vote. Voting is more than just electing a candidate, its choosing the right policies and people who have your best interests in mind when making decisions that will affect your community, state, and nation. You are taking an active role on deciding issues like immigration, equal opportunity, health care, voting rights, infrastructure, education, social security, and taxes etc.

When you vote for a member of Congress, the President, the governor and your legislators make decisions that affect minimum wage, fairness in hiring, pay equity, job security, workplace safety, and health insurance provided by your employer. Local and state school board members who you elect will make decisions on policies and budgets that will affect how well prepared your children will be for their future. Your legislators, governor, members of congress, and the president also make decisions that affect the cost and equality of public schools and higher learning institutions.

Your vote grants the governor, legislature, and Congress the right to take action and pass or reject laws that will determine your access to health care. Whoever you elect for president and congress will decide how much payroll tax you pay and what medicare services you receive and share payment for. They also make decisions on cost of living increases and benefit schedules for your Social Security pension. Elected officials and judges make day to day decisions on laws that will affect you community, law enforcement, crime prevention, traffic patterns, and where to build schools. These are the many reasons you should vote.