Why Vote?

VOTING is our ONLY way that we can have a say in how we want our COUNTRY to function. It is our RIGHT TO VOTE that protects our FREEDOM. When we lose our RIGHT TO VOTE we are no longer FREE, we are then GOVERNED BY A DICTATORIAL SYSTEM.

In our HISTORY the RIGHT TO VOTE has grown among the COUNTRY'S CITIZENS. At one point in our HISTORY the only CITIZENS that could VOTE, were LANDOWNERS. If you did not OWN LAND you did not have a VOTE. It has been less than 100 years since WOMEN received the RIGHT TO VOTE.

When we DO NOT VOTE we are actually saying that ONE DOES NOT WANT TO BE FREE. MANY would disagree with me with this statement, just because one does not Vote does not mean that one wants to be enslaved to the system. However, this ENSLAVEMENT is what actually occurs when one does not Vote.  When we DO NOT VOTE we are basically saying that 'we do not care' that we will follow whatever. The CITIZENS that DO VOTE will make the decisions, the CITIZENS that DO NOT Vote are compelled to follow the decision made, without a say. When we do Vote and even if our Vote does not WIN the election we have let our 'SAY' BE KNOWN - THAT WE DO CARE.

There is another reason why it is important that VOTERS actually VOTE. The results of ELECTIONS is not just a matter of who WINS, the overall ELECTION results tells the GOVERNMENT the overall desire of the CITIZENS in general. The Federal Election in 2011 the Conservative Party received 39% of the Popular Vote that means over 60% Popular Vote does not support the Conservative Party. Although the Conservative Party won a large Majority in the House of Commons, they do not have a Majority of CITIZENS, this can be a DANGEROUS state for the Conservatives to be in. When a Government has a Majority in the GOVERNING HOUSE, but a MINORITY of the VOTERS SUPPORT, creates a unpredictable CITIZENSHIP. It is with the CITIZENSHIP being unpredictable that creates an environment for movements like "Occupy" to be born.

Our society has become too focused on the issue of WINNING! As if WINNING is the only reason for BEING! This is carried into our ELECTIONS too. We often feel that if the person we VOTE for DOES NOT WIN, that our VOTE IS WASTED. Our SYSTEM reflects this BELIEF as well, as is demonstrated in the 2011 Federal Election. When we VOTE, even if our VOTE is not with the MAJORITY we have demonstrated that their is another VIEW POINT to the issue, that it is not UNANIMOUS, that I dispute this issue. When we DO NOT VOTE, we are saying that the issue is NOT DISPUTED, that it is unanimous.

Our Country is currently going through a time when the BALLOT BOX AND THE POWER OF THE VOTE has been greatly reduced, the POWERS THAT BE has stolen this POWER OF THE CITIZENS. 

 

We need to reclaim this POWER OF THE BALLOT BOX - OUR POWER!