Why Vote?

Because white men who owned property gained that right in 1789 after fighting for our country's independence ... Because African-American men gained that right in 1865 after the Civil War abolished slavery, and then continued to fight literacy tests, poll taxes and violence until the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 ... Because women were left out of the conversation entirely and had to fight for their own rights state by state until finally going to Washington and gaining the right to vote in 1920 ... Because young people who were being drafted to fight in Vietnam said "old enough to die, old enough to vote" and the age requirement was dropped to 18 in 1971.

It is not only your right, it is your responsibility. GO VOTE.