Only minutes are left in the fourth quarter; the score is tied at zero, and we have the ball. We are ‘Team Democracy,’ and we need every ‘Team Democracy’ player on the field.

What are you going to do?

VOTE!

It’s the winning play call and strategy!

VOTE!

We are a nation of voting citizens, a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Vote for democracy! Vote for American Democracy! Vote for the American people! Vote for your family, friends, and for yourself!

Vote for a more perfect union!

Thomas Jefferson said, “The government you elect is the government you deserve.”

This quote sounds pretty subjective. That’s what Jefferson thought; what do you think?

Do we deserve what others give us, or do we deserve what we work for?

We don’t even use the public or popular vote to determine who wins the presidency.

Maybe Jefferson’s words would seem more reasonable and acceptable if the popular vote determined the U.S. president.

In America, the president is not necessarily selected by the voting citizens but by an electoral college process.

George Washington, the first U.S. President, was elected by the electoral college, and every president since then.

Is the Electoral College an inherent flaw to a government by, for, and of the people?

Let the people rule?

There are 538 electoral votes divided among the 50 states and the District of Colombia. Each presidential candidate’s party chooses its electors, and the number of state electors depends on the number of U.S. House and Senate representatives.

The assigned electors vote based on the popular votes for their district or state. The presidential candidate with the majority of the popular votes receives all the electoral votes, only Nebraska’s and Maine’s processes differ.

The presidential candidate who receives 370 electoral votes wins the presidential election.

We know from experience that a candidate may win the popular vote but lose the presidential election.

In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost to Donald Trump, who received most of the electoral college votes.

In 2000, Bush won the presidency due to the number of electoral votes but didn’t win the popular vote.

The Electoral College isn’t an excuse to stay home on November 5, 2024; it’s a reason to make your voice heard by voting.

Be a part of the governing process and VOTE!

Equal opportunity and justice for all, VOTE!

To improve this imperfect union, VOTE!

Albert Einstein said, “The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it.”

Abraham Lincoln asserted, “To be a great president, you must first be a great person.”

My last quote is from Barack Obama, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

You deserve to exercise your privilege and right to vote!

We deserve the best union and democracy possible!

The people deserve to win!

Win ‘Team Democracy!’

I hope you are happy and well.