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Article: Just ask Al Gore: your vote does indeed count.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2002
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Byline: Mary Lou Cowlishaw
In 1776, just one vote decided whether the official language of the United States would be English or German.
If it had not been for that one vote, we all would be reciting the phrase, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," in German.
One vote always matters, yet some people won't vote Tuesday. Unfortunately, too many people believe their vote won't be noticed or make any difference and use that assumption as an excuse not to cast a ballot. That ...