Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: T'is but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.
Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so.
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
As Democrats, we believe in giving every eligible citizen the opportunity to vote - whether it's early because they can't take off work on Election Day or absentee because they might have plans to be out of town.
People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless.
I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.
My fear is turnout. I think a lot of people might think: 'Well, in the end, it's the rational thing to stay, but I'll let other people make that choice for me.' Don't. This is very close, no doubt about it.
Elections are a festival of democracy. Everyone must join this festival of democracy and strengthen it.
Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.
Tomorrow is Election Day. It's what they call the midterm elections, and you can cut the indifference with a knife. It's the day Americans leave work early and pretend to vote.
I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.
It goes without saying that it's important to vote.
I have never yet exercised the privilege of voting, but had I been called upon at the last presidential election to do so, I should most certainly have cast my vote for Mr. Clay.
I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.
What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.
The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.
I am actually not that much into voting.
I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour.
This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.
We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.
Young people - motivating them in any election is hard to do.
Politicians, even if their motives are not of the purest, come much nearer performing their duties than the so-called "good" citizens who stay at home [on Election Day.]
If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess - you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?
