Register To Vote

Hello gingers! This may sound weird coming from someone under the age of 18 who can't vote, but just hear me out.

Now, if you are not an American, this is probably really stupid. But I mean you should still listen to the general consensus of this blog which is: try to be as involved as you can in your country's decisions and actions. At the very least, just be patriotic. Even if that just means having a flag outside your door.

Because you never know how your influence can affect the outcome of a country. You could be earning rights, or getting them taken away.

Let's gear back toward America a little bit. Now, one of this country's main philosophy's in the very beginning was that everybody should have a say in what goes on, and the actions made in the country. Now, we didn't quite get there until the mid-1960's, but we got there.

You have representation. And that is a truth lacking in most of the world. You can cast your vote for who you want to represent the best interest's of where you live, right up with the rest of the country. You get to cast your vote for who you want to lead the country. You get a say in who you want to be the commander-in-chief. And that may even cost you your life someday.

That's a pretty broad statement, but it could very well be true.

So if you think about this, if you are a citizen of the United States and you are over the age of 18, you are a very lucky individual. First of all, you live in a developed country with no major threats really hitting the country, and you have a right to do whatever is legal here.

But most importantly, you have the precious right to cast your vote.

You have this amazing opportunity to uphold the principles that brought us to this nation. You have a chance to help local, domestic, and global change.

You have the underlying right to decide who you would like representing you, to represent the United States, to represent our place in the world. Because even if it doesn't seem like it, in some way YOU are in the White House. You are making important decisions for the world's sake, because you simply filled out a ballot and you had a part in choosing who would have the best interests of where you are in the world in their mind.

You have the freedom of being a part of this 7 billion wide, opinionated world of ours.

So there is no excuse not to vote. There is no excuse for you to be silenced.

From an underage girl herself, go register to vote. It's important. Even I know that.

Keep On Voting,
Rachael The Ginger