#voting

Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#first #free #free election #iraqi #iraqi people

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#country #dear #democracy #democratic #democratic process

I don't think everyone should vote. If you have to be dragged into the polls, carried into the polls and smelling salts have to be used, you probably shouldn't be voting. However, we shouldn't be putting up barriers to voting that target certain groups. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#carried #certain #dragged #everyone #groups

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#democracy-fascism #democracy-freedom #democracy-voting #democrats #elections

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#coverage #declining #economic #economics #look

I don't vote. I don't do no voting. ↗

— Kendrick Lamar

#vote #voting

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#democracy #elections #voting #democracy

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting. ↗

— Robert Frost

#disagreeing #thinking #voting

The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic. ↗

— David T. Dellinger

#democrats #elections #republicans #voting #change

I have an idea about voting, how about on every ballot we include "None of the above". People may laugh at that, but what that is, it is a vote of no confidence in your government and I'm willing to bet that in some elections, 'None of the Above' would win. Imagine if you won the election but lost to 'None of the Above'. Wouldn't that make you re-think your positions? ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#voting #imagination