Voting. We’re Looking at This All Wrong!

Ya gotta wonder…

Why do we make voting a 42-act play in this country? There was a time when we prided ourselves in being Americans, being efficient, and getting things done.

Why don’t we do what they do in Australia? There it’s the law all eligible voters MUST vote in Federal elections. If you don’t, you pay a fine. Then they make it possible for every voter to obey the law. No creating a thousand and one ways not to let an Australian citizen vote.

I don’t know why my kinfolk, the McMurtreys, came to what became known as Jamestown, VA in 1607. Certainly, they suffered the tortures of the damned to be among the 10% who managed to survive the inhuman living conditions in that early settlement. But I do know it gets up my nose that so many politicians across America, today, treat a citizen’s right to vote like nothing more than roadkill in their party’s quest for political dominance and control. Instead, they shun my ancestors’ superhuman courage…and all our ancestors’ mettle and bravery…by not respecting every eligible citizen’s right…and, might I add, responsibility…to vote.

Ya Gotta Wonder!