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I am angered, increasingly, by a lot of things within this new election. Voting. To vote or not to vote is American. We have the choice to go either way and to say not voting is un-American is ignorance to the original ideals our country was founded on. Our Founding Fathers did not want all of us to vote. To see the common people, so to speak, voting as we are now would scare them and move them to further action. White men, who could vote, only made up 1/4 of the total population of white males. Jews, Catholics, Minorities, and women were excluded also from the voting mix. We are a country founded on the beliefs of a Republican Democracy, because originally for us Democracy failed. It failed miserably. If you do not believe me simply look at the Articles of Federation. Women have only been able to vote in the last 88 years. So for anyone to say voting is your American God born right, you are wrong.
For people to vote just because they can is a waste. I would rather go with our Founding Fathers and only have a selected few vote than have a ignorant vote count towards our country. To have voted because one is Republican and the other Democrat or because Barack Obama is black and you are too, is another example of an ignorant vote. To split a ballot and then have a write in of Chuck Norris or Mickey Mouse (which gets 3,000 write ins each year) is also ignorant. I do not understand.
To not vote because you do not like either candidate and feel you must choose between the lesser of the two evils is a cop out. America is not a two party system and to say that your vote wont count if you vote for a third party is contradicting those founding ideals so many preach. You want a Democracy, you got it, now make an educated write in and vote for a third party if you do not like the Democratic or Republican candidate.
To not vote because you feel that it is man trying to substitute God is a confusion. Voting is not a replacement of God and to believe so shows insecurity. God is above all else but in all else and voting will not replace him unless you already have a doubt seeded in your mind about him.
Not voting because you do not like our government is wrong. Voting has nothing to do with the core of the problems in our government and perhaps those who think so should redirect their attention to detail.