Judy Evans wrote: "I 'have the power to' vote and I have the right to vote." The two are semantically equivalent. That is, one's right to vote is nothing more than the recognition by government that one can act to vote. Sincerely, Phil Enns Toronto, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html