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Attachment A isabella I�ennedy 7th - Roseville Area Middle 5chool Jeff Bibeau �i st Place �kay, befare you dism9ss this as just another �ssay telling yau io vote and all of fihafi, listen to this. Imagine you (ive in a country, or �lace if you fancy, that there was on� totalifiarian government in char��. They fie{i yau what fio do and haw io do, or yau face consequences. Naw imagine a different place; a place where you choose th� leaders and governing Qfficials. You get ta speak your mind and influence the way this "Place" is run. Which on� would you rather live in? I hope you say the second on� since this is where you tive. You can influence your gavernmenfi, and I'm trying to tell people that."Of the people, by the people, fior the peopie", sa why dan'fi more people reali�e this and contribute #heir ideas and apinians to make this cauntry a stronger, better pl�ce. To do �hat though, it's the people that have to do the "work". I put in those quotation marks because, is it wor{c fia tak� #he morning off your job ta write your name on a�iece ofi paper and voice your opinion in a lifitle circle that you fill in? 1 don't think sa. So why do 40% or more of fhe American population eligible fio vate chose nofi to? There is no gnod rea�on. !n facfi, in 1924, when the second least percent of vofier� shawed up at the balfats, they elected Galvin Caolidge. Ifi was reported that he was the most negafive and remate ofi the presid�nts, and " his talent for effectively doing nothing"(Walter Lippmann) suggesfed that all the views of the American citizen were nat represen#ed, Afso, in the 2014 midterms, the least percent of uofiers showed up and, thaugh there was na unanimous decision, the Democrats were upset after �osing 9 �eats in the �enate, giving fihe Republicans a 59 to 41 majority. Besides making everyone happy through fair decisions, you should vote far yourself. The UDHR (Universal Declarafiian of Human Rights) states in Article 21