[etni] Americans - Vote - another opinion

I'm an American citizen and I'm not voting either. I've lived in Israel for
21 years and consider myself Israeli. I don't follow American politics very
closely and am not really in touch with what's going on there, except for
what I get from my family and the Israeli press. I keep my American passport
so that I can continue to visit my family. I feel that it would be wrong for
me to vote in the American elections, especially if my main consideration is
who is best for Israel. By the way, I have voted in all Israeli elections
since I became a citizen, even when I didn't really like any of the
candidates.

Kara Aharon
Yerucham, Israel
08-6589425, 052-3903306
aharonmk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.englishfun.net

>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Esther Revivo - estherrv@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Americans-- VOTE
>
> I hope I won't be abusing this forum if I divert attention from our
> professional issues. I was shocked today when another American citizen
> told
> me she isn't planning on voting in the upcoming American election.
>
> I am not saying a word about for WHOM you should vote either. in the
> upcoming municipal elections or the US elections. However, in 1990, (when
> I
> personally believe that Gore won but brother Jeb did some hanky panky in
> Fla. to help brother George steal the election,) we all saw that a mere
> few
> hundred votes can decide even a major election.
>
> Witness the recent Kadima primaries, when despite the media having made a
> laughingstock out of Mofaz, he almost DID gain the percentage of votes
> that
> he said he would. And, if every registered Kadima voter had taken the
> trouble to vote, despite the media bias, who knows what the outcome would
> have been???
>
> We teachers know that we are often responsible for molding the next
> generation of our country. People the world over die for the privilege to
> vote. So how in good conscience can any of us be apathetic? It is not just
> a
> right, I believe, but a duty. If you don't vote, I personally feel you
> don't
> have the right to complain about the outcome neither here nor abroad. "Put
> up or shut up," was
> the creed by which I was raised.
>
> On a practical note, I already downloaded the forms I had to ages ago. If
> you haven't done so and wish to vote, contact the American embassy and ask
> what you can do at this stage.
>
> American citizens may contact the American Citizen Service section at:
> amctelaviv@xxxxxxxxx
>
> For further details on the section please visit their Home Page at:
> http://israel.usembassy.gov/consular/acs/index.aspx
>
> For all other questions:
> ac5@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Esther Revivo
> Netivot
>
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