Jello Biafra Quotes

What matters is voting for where you live: Who's your mayor, who's your police chief, who represents you, your city council, your judges. That matters that you vote.

Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.

You damned fools. You can either vote for me for mayor or you can go to hell

Some city-council people are really awesome, but most are uninspired.

On my show, I often discuss all the ways one can get involved politically on a local level, precincts, et al.

You should absolutely get involved, especially those local politics like school board seats. That's really where America happens.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

Hardly anybody in America pays attention to local elections.

As a citizen of a community, if you never vote or engage, don't be surprised when the outcome doesn't serve your interests; you've never done anything to push things in the right direction.

I live in a city and a state and a country where I support my elected representatives.

I love election day, and I love to vote.

We express our values through politics—through the officials we elect.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

I don’t attend rallies and I don’t participate in presidential elections. In fact, I don’t participate in any election. I don’t participate in the governor’s race, I don’t participate in the mayor’s race. I participate in one election every two years. Then I’m strong for Hebert. That is the only election I take part in.

In a democracy, if the people don’t vote, the policies are made by others….The major decisions of our society are going to be made by our elected officials, like it or not.

We'd all like to vote for the best man but he's never a candidate.

This election is not about me. It is about you.

Each county elector makes his own rules

If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.

I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate.

Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in.

What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure you vote for the right guy.

I am voting in the midterm elections because I believe that when people engage with their local government, it reminds those placed in power that they are public servants who will be held accountable for their decisions.

People elect their representatives from the Gram Panchayat to Parliament. They vest their will and hopes in these representatives. In turn, the people's representatives devote their lives to the service of nation.

Many in the Somali community are excited to vote and support candidates who have shown an ability to lead with integrity and not use props and gatekeepers to get their votes.