Voting in 2022

 Voting in 2022

 

Today I voted and you can probably guess which party I voted for across the line (except one Board of Education candidate, because of representation rules in the state of CT). Normally I would write something cheeky or attempt to be clever about being #Movember but not this year.  This year there is too much at stake and where I have largely tried to avoid politics on this platform, today is different.

 

Nothing less than the future of our country and how are country will be run is as stake

 

This year democracy is on the ballot

This year a woman’s right to make her own medicinal decisions is on the ballot

This year the right to choose who you love is on the ballot 

This year choosing who you are and who want to be is on the ballot

This year contraception in on the ballot

This year social security is on the ballot

This year public schools are on the ballot 

This year freedom of religion is on the ballot 

This year hate and fear are on the ballot

This year racism and fascism are on the ballot 

This year permanent gerrymandering that hinders the ability of citizens to vote is on the ballot 

This year insurrectionist and election results deniers are on the ballot. 

 

Our country is currently on a very dangerous course.  It is not the country I believed it was growing up as a child. It is not as homogenous as I was led to believe and that is honestly a good thing. It is not as homogeneous demographically, socio-economically, or ideologically. There is more diversity today than ever before and because of this we are growing apart, further and further apart, day after day, week after week, with no real opportunity or interest to come together, to heal, to mend, to figure out a common path.  This diversity and division is leading people to express their anger, their frustration, and their hate.  These people are resistant to facts and believe propaganda they are fed despite readily available factual information which dismisses the misinformation and lies.  

 

Freedoms that are now guaranteed in the constitution are being usurped and suppressed by those who want to remain in power. Those who place their ideology and beliefs above the good of the entire population. Those who place their religion above the rest of the population. This is not the principles this country was founded upon, and those founders would be appalled by the current state of our country.  

 

Voting is our most fundamental right we are given as citizens.  It allows “We the People” an opportunity to have a say in who represents is locally, in our state and nationally.  Every citizen should have complete access to this right without fear or intimidation, without long unreasonable lines, or creating districts that unjustly favor one party or one demographic 

 

Neither political party is perfect but ask yourself today which party

 

·       Promotes democracy 

·       Accepts election results 

·       Holds officials accountable 

·       Supports public schools 

·       Will protect social security 

·       Allows woman to make their own medical decisions

Think long and hard about the country you want to live in and then vote. 

“I look around and see so much fear, people getting more and more comfortable with their hate, more at ease being mean, more united in their separation. And I think, NO. Not me. I will not get lost in this fearful world. I will not play with bullies. I will continue to be brave and kind. I will speak for real unity. And no matter what, I will never stop loving.” - Scott Stabile