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To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain. (Quote by - Louis L'Amour)

I always voted at my party's call, And I never thought of thinking of myself at all. (Quote by - William S. Gilbert)

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. (Quote by - Marty Meehan)

I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable. (Quote by - Richard Gere)

Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is. (Quote by - Alan Kay)

As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing. (Quote by - Karl Rove)

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years. (Quote by - John M. McHugh)

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. (Quote by - James Bovard)

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face. (Quote by - Oriana Fallaci)

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. (Quote by - Gore Vidal)

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all. (Quote by - Andrew Lack)

I court not the votes of the fickle mob. (Quote by - Horace)

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. (Quote by - Douglas Jerrold)

Vote early and vote often. (Quote by - Alphonse)

The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear. (Quote by - John F. Kennedy)

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting (Quote by - Henry Louis Mencken)

Millions of voites are thrown out in election after election in this country. Now that's a story. (Quote by - Andrew Lack)

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting. (Quote by - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero)

It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth. (Quote by - Eleanor Clift)

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. (Quote by - Coretta Scott King)

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket. (Quote by - Thomas E. Mann)

Votes should be weighed, not counted (Quote by - Friedrich von Schiller)

President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader. (Quote by - Jon Stewart)

When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America. (Quote by - DeForest Soaries)

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