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Vote or Leave

You are offered an island paradise complete with mountains, amber waves of grain and sandy white beaches. Would you take it? It comes complete with people of different cultures from around the world sharing their unique music and cuisine. Would you still take it? However, there is one slight catch. You agree to vote every four years.

At 235 years, America has the longest standing democracy in the world. As an experiment in participatory society, America asks its citizens every election to show up. One person, one vote. With any democracy, there are negative tropes which keep some citizens from being involved. How many times have you heard, my vote doesn’t matter, or all elections are corrupt? 

In a country of over 333 million, I can see the argument your vote does not matter, however more than once elections have been decided by a single citizen. Back in 2000, 538 votes separated our presidential candidates. With the advent of over 60 election challenges in court, 2020 proved to show there are many fail safe measures in place to keep our election transparent and fair. Just take a tour of your Supervisor of Elections office to understand voter fraud is fractionally obsolete.

Read the full article here: https://www.midfloridanewspapers.com/clermont_sun/opinions/vote-or-leave/article_911db564-84a8-11ef-8f80-7b27c1847f9b.html

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Banks Helfrich

Candidate for Florida House,
District 25

As a native Floridian, I love this state. As a resident of South Lake County, I love farming and teaching sustainability to this community. As a Candidate for State House, I love finding solutions to the issues of our time.

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