November 7th is approaching quickly. Many of you know that is the day you go to the polls for the 2006 midterm elections. Sadly, some of you might not know this, or might not be voting.
It is hard to believe that checking a box could send this hyper-power of a country in a different direction, but it can, if that isn’t enough think about the countless millions that don’t have any say in what their leaders do. Not only is it your freedom to vote, at times I feel it is our duty as citizens to vote. Politicians can do a lot of good, and politicians can do a lot of bad while in office, but we put them there. It isn’t too late to become informed on at least one issue on the ballot. In Colorado, we have seven amendments and seven referendums on the ballot along with candidates for Congress, Governor, and a broad spectrum of government positions.
If you don’t know the first thing about who is running for what, you can visit http://www.vote-usa.org and enter your address to get a sample ballot. This ballot won’t include amendments, referendums, county issues, and city issues, but for all that stuff you can visit http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/Bluebook/Bluebook2006.htm
for summaries and fiscal impact statements for each of the amendments and referendums.
You surrender your critiquing power when you surrender your vote.
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