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Editor:
As citizens of this great nation we live in, we are very privileged because we have a numerous amount of rights that other citizens of other countries do not have. One of the most basic, yet one of the most important rights we share is our freedom to choose who will lead our country. This may not sound like a real privilege or freedom, but I assure that it is. Imagine not agreeing with your government and being killed or held hostage as a direct result of your disagreement. Or imagine having to sneak into underground polling places due to your fear of being killed while merely trying to vote for your candidate, and what you feel is the betterment of your country. Unfortunately, these scenarios are very real and it happens in many countries around the world today.
With this in mind I hope that you as a citizen will make an effort to do what is best for this country by exercising your right to vote Tuesday. No matter who you feel would be the best choice to lead our country for the next four years, you have an obligation to express your opinion and vote.
The Preamble of our United States Constitution reads: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Well by voting you are doing exactly what the Preamble states because you are striving to form a more perfect Union, establishing Justice, insuring domestic Tranquillity, providing for the common defence, promoting the general Welfare, and securing the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and Posterity.
So please do every one a favor by exercising your rights and getting out there and voting. If not for you, or for me, then for the advancement of our beloved country. I assure you that after the election is over, even if your candidate does not win, you will feel much better because you made an effort to do what you sincerely felt was the right thing for your country.
Edwin H. Grant IV
finance junior
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