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One of only a handful of times I have seen my mother cry. I was five. I came into the living room and she was watching our little 10-inch black & white T.V. with tears rolling down her cheeks. I said, "Mama, what's wrong?" She said, "A very bad man just became President of the U.S."

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I have heard people say, "Voting is hygiene" and I wonder what they mean. I have ideas, but...I find it provocative.

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VOTINGS AFFORDS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE YOUR VOICE (IF YOU DONT USE IT YOU LOSE IT)

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VOTINGS AFFORDS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE YOUR VOICE (IF YOU DONT USE IT YOU LOSE IT)

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Everyone should be registered to vote automatically when they turn 18.

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For the 2008 elections, I was not a US citizen. I wanted to vote for Obama. So I became a citizen in September 2011 and was able to vote. Obama was the first president I actually voted for. 

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For the 2008 elections, I was not a US citizen. I wanted to vote for Obama. So I became a citizen in September 2011 and was able to vote. Obama was the first president I actually voted for. 

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I can remember how excited I was to vote for the very first time with my mother. I was so excited and proud because I realized that women and BIPOC were denied the right to vote. 

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I can remember how excited I was to vote for the very first time with my mother. I was so excited and proud because I realized that women and BIPOC were denied the right to vote. 

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I will never forget the night when Barack Obama had won the 2008 election. The cheers and tears that my parents had will also be a cherished memory.

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I remember being a child and my grandmother saying once that she was just going to vote for whomever my grandfather told her too. It was so odd to me that she would do that because she was so opinionated usually.

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My son came to me in 2012 with telling me who he wanted me to vote for, after making some reasonable arguments as a 10 year old, I let him come with me to cast his vote for me.

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My son came to me in 2012 with telling me who he wanted me to vote for, after making some reasonable arguments as a 10 year old, I let him come with me to cast his vote for me.

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I've tried when I taught social justice at my old school to get students to see the connections between disenfranchisement of the past and the more subtle ways voters are sometimes disenfranchised now.

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I took m mom to vote for her first time too. 

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I took m mom to vote for her first time too. 

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Elections should last a week (early voting) and end on election day.

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I remember voting and having a discussion with some friends about the election results...one of my former friends said that she wasn't registered and just didn't care to vote. She also thought it would help to keep her off of the Jury Duty list. We are no longer friends. You have very few responsibilities in life and voting is one that I do not think is optional.

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I can recall how the scholars use to react to learning about the poll tax and literacy tests, especially the Louisiana Literacy Test. I use to make them take the literacy test as a part of a lesson on voting rights, and their reactions were so authentic and empathetic! 

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I can recall how the scholars use to react to learning about the poll tax and literacy tests, especially the Louisiana Literacy Test. I use to make them take the literacy test as a part of a lesson on voting rights, and their reactions were so authentic and empathetic! 

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EXPOSURE, SHOW SCHOLARS WHAT OTHERS DID TO AFFORD THEM THE RIGHTS

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EXPOSURE, SHOW SCHOLARS WHAT OTHERS DID TO AFFORD THEM THE RIGHTS

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I remember seeing my mother vote for the first time after becoming a naturalized citizen. She always encouraged my sibling and I to take part of the process, especially since where we origin from voting is not applicable to most people.

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I encourage everyone to vote, at least once during their adult life.

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How come the candidates with the largest election budget is always the front runner?