Now that Chicago has elected Rahm Emanuel its new mayor, I need to address yesterday's 40% voter turnout.
Right at this very moment, people in the Middle East are fighting and dying for the right to vote; a right we Americans, too often, take for granted. We cite the weather, the current state of politics and a poor selection of candidates as reasons not to show up at our polling places, whilst citizens in other parts of the globe risk their lives for the right to cast ballots in a free election.
Jackie
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