OPINION: Be a voter to your core
Sarah Martin
At the birth of our nation, 56 men pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the ideal of self-determination. They wanted a say in their own governance. That spirit — the belief that the people closest to the impacts of governing should have a voice in their future — is the foundation of our democracy.
But history reminds us that the right to vote has never been free or easy.
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