The 113th Congress

Tomorrow you can vote.  For the 113th Congress.  224 years after the enactment of the Constitution. No other country had more uninterrupted elections involving more citizens.   

For 50 years they have been free and fair for all people of color.

For nearly 100 year they have been free and fair for women.

It's a unique record that brought non-violent change in the presidency 42 times. Only once violence was necessary to maintain the union.  

Citizens in the old Warsaw Pact, in Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Indonesia and much of Africa and Latin America only recently got these rights.  Rulers in China, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Burma, Vietnam, Laos and a range of other countries still maintain power through coercion and are unwilling to submit themselves to the will of the people.  

This is a day of pride in the greatest achievement of the American Republic - free and fair elections for all the people.   

So go out and vote.  Remember 2000, when a few hundred votes made the difference between George W. Bush and Al Gore.  And what that outcome ment to you. 

Remember that every vote counts.