It has come to my attention that even though high voter turnout is expected for this election, there is still a large number of eligible voters who will not be voting.  I understand the apathy; I do not like the choices being presented to me and am skeptical that the outcome will have any effect my life, either postively or negatively.  That said, I really have not been in the "adult" world for an administration change before.  I will therefore not tell you who to vote for- that is your decison.  I will not tell you for whom I am voting, as that is my right.  What I will tell you is why I will be voting this year.

I vote to honor the memories of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, who campaigned for women's rights and suffrage for over 50 years and never gained the right to vote themselves.  I vote to honor the memory of James E. Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, whose bodies were found in an earthen dam in August of 1964.  They had been working to register black voters in Mississippi.  I vote in reverence to the men and women who have died while fighting to protect our freedom and those of others.  I vote because many of the world's citizens do not enjoy the political freedoms I do.  I vote because I can.