[etni] Fw: Americans-- VOTE

----- 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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