A Privilege or a Right ~ Will you cast your vote in this election?

We went to the polls this morning to vote in what I hope will be a historic

election in the United States of America. This is the tenth time I have cast

my vote for a Presidential candidate. If you are adding this up, yup, I'm not

a young girlie anymore.

I am an independent voter, which means I choose my candidate by his

credentials, education, or sometimes, just a feeling I get about their character.

I don't always choose by political party and I think I am like the majority of

American voters. We look the candidates over and then try to make an

educated decision.

My paternal Grandmother - Eleanor - 1916

My Maternal Grandmother - Flora - 1892

But I digress, I wanted to talk about going to the polls and voting. I take

this exercise as a right and a privilege. My grandmothers didn't get to vote

until the Nineteenth Amendment was finallly ratified by Congress and made

into law in August of 1920. The fight for women's suffrage began in 1872,

a full 17 years before my grandmother was born. She was 31 years old

before the right to vote for women was won. My Mother, myself, and my

daughter have never known the feeling of not being equal in the voting booth.

I hope you exercise your right to vote in this Presidential election. It is an

important part of being an United States citizen. And I know my Grandmothers

would appreciate it.

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