Why vote?

[azurite]

My icon (Palpatine 08: why vote for a lesser evil?) is darkly ironic.

Moving on: why vote?
I have two friends who may or may not be reading this who aren't registered to vote. I'm hoping to change that for at least one of them, but I need your help.

What are your reasons for voting?
Why do you think voting is important?

I don't care where you're from, what your party affiliation is, or what specifically you're voting for, since the necessity and importance of voting is something that I think crosses state and party lines.

Help me out here!
(For the record, I have a ton of great reasons why I vote, but I want to hear your reasons first.)

Comments

[uni-chan.livejournal.com]

heh...there's this bulletin board up in our dorms here that says, "Don't vote, don't complain".
It's the truth. And every time I walk by it I mentally add, "...and if you complain GTFO of my country." xD

If people don't like the way things are going and yet they don't vote, wth good are they? They did nothing. So they have no right to complain when they had the power to do something.

One vote holds a lot of power. It's a bunch of single votes that add up and actually get things done. In congress, a single vote could approve or disapprove a whole law or course of action. People don't realize the significance behind their votes.

I mean hello...right now we're about to decide the next leader of the most powerful nation in the world. Why would you not want to be a part of that?? o.O