Editorial: Stop Complaining, Go to the Polls and Vote!

Huntington Herald-Dispatch editorial, July 31, 2006

Problem: West Virginians have collectively become a group of whiners. Stop the whining already. Stop the passivity and become active. After all, it is your hard-earned tax dollars not at work.

Vote every opportunity you have. According to statistics, voter turnout ranges anywhere from 3 percent to 15 percent statewide. If you don’t vote, you will not (and should not) have a voice.

Citizens worldwide, especially in the Third World and developing countries, struggle, fight for and many times die for the right to vote.

In recent Iraqi elections, for example, nearly 100 percent of eligible voters turned out, in a war zone, yet.

Solution: Get off your "ain’t able," indifferent, complacent, whining, "your vote cancels my vote" butts and vote in every upcoming election event. It is your constitutional right; use it. The pen is still mightier than the sword.

The low, low voter turnout rate says something – even if you feel fed up by all the corruption in politics. If enough of your fed-up friends and neighbors come out to vote with you, your votes will make a HUGE difference. Next time, VOTE!