The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy —
it defines us as Americans and serves as the cornerstone of our liberty.
With it, anything is possible in America; without it, nothing is. It
is a legacy passed down by our greatest leaders — a legacy which
provides each one of us with a voice in the creation of a better Nation.
It is the source of our power as citizens, our mightiest tool of
social transformation, and the stabilizing tradition that confers
legitimacy to our system of Government. Each year on National Voter
Registration Day, we reaffirm our conviction that democracy only works
when everyone can participate, and we encourage all eligible Americans
to register to vote.
Our Nation has not always lived up to its promise of equal
access to the right to vote, and so many Americans have struggled,
suffered, and died fighting for a say in the destiny of our country.
From Seneca Falls, New York, to Selma, Alabama, to Washington, D.C. —
and across America — ordinary people have organized to protest
disenfranchisement and won. The efforts of these courageous women and
men have led to the passage of landmark civil rights legislation like
the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, and the Help
America Vote Act, which extended the blessings of democracy to millions
of citizens. Lately, however, those protections have been weakened by
decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Now, State
legislatures are passing new forms of voting restrictions to limit
participation and choose whose vote can count at all. As the late
Representative John Lewis, an icon of the voting rights struggle, would
say, “democracy is not a state; it is an act.” Our Founding Fathers
understood this, as did the suffragists at the National Women’s Rights
Convention of 1848, the other giants of the Civil Rights Movement, and
today’s activists working for a freer, fairer, and more accessible
voting system. Just as securing and protecting voting rights was the
test of their times, it continues to be the challenge of ours.
As President, I will do everything in my power to protect the
right to vote and ensure that every American has a free and fair
opportunity to exercise this fundamental liberty. This means appointing
highly qualified advocates to the Department of Justice and doubling
the agency’s voting rights enforcement staff to ensure the Department
has the resources to fight voter suppression in the courts. It also
means issuing an Executive Order to establish a whole-of-government
effort to promote access to voter registration and election information,
especially in some of our most underserved communities.
I have directed my Administration to take historic action to help
college students and veterans register effectively. I continue to call
on the Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis
Voting Rights Advancement Act. These laws would address election
subversion, remove dark money from politics, end partisan
gerrymandering, and fix the gaping holes in voter access left by the
Supreme Court of the United States. They would also allow the Justice
Department to halt discriminatory laws before they go into effect.
In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, let us honor
the heroes who fought to secure voting rights and expand them. I call
on all eligible Americans to ensure that their registration is up to
date and to encourage their family, neighbors, and friends to do the
same. Let us all remain engaged with the ongoing struggle to build an
America where every vote matters and where every citizen has the ability
and the right to participate freely in the democratic process.
We cannot give up now. The future of our Nation depends on it.
To learn more about how to register or check your voter registration
information, you can visit vote.gov.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim
September 20, 2022, as National Voter Registration Day. I call on all
eligible Americans to observe this day by ensuring that they are
accurately registered and by committing to cast a ballot in upcoming
elections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth
day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
forty-seventh.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR
Brothers and Sisters
I
don't need to add anything to that, except to say, it is up to us all
to do our part - no one is exempt from voting - it is the most civilized
means by which we negotiate and voice our choices, make change, and
peacefully make decisions for the benefit of the people. When those who
do not respect the will of the people, and use corrupt means to
disregard, steal, or block our right to vote, we have to fight all the
more for our rights, and stand together, united against such
underhanded, negative e-vile forces.
As
we have seen over the past 6 years, since the elections were stolen via
foreign intervention, America has been tottering on a precipice of
massive division - possible destruction. This is not by accident - this
is by conspiracy and by the machinations of an individual who has
sought to set up a dictatorship. With all the flaws the US has - and we
know them all too well - we cannot sit idly by and allow this to
happen! We've already had a taste (a nasty taste) of what life in
America would be like under the previous predator in chief (as you
know, as far as I'm concerned T-rump was never the President - cheating
and destroying votes is not "winning") - we already know the brand of
political abuse he and his associates (henchmen, lackeys and
maga/maggots would bring if we don't do our job; we've already seen the
in-your-face violence his administration has underwritten, the
undermining of healthcare, the lack of healthcare, the destruction of
humanity - WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT TO PREVAIL! We've seen his cohorts do
their best (or worst) to deprive us of our right to vote -
gerrymandering, closing of polls, making cockamamie laws to prevent
unity and assistance to those who are frail elderly; the tampering with
the mail, and the bribing or intimidation of pollsters to deter accurate
counts of the vote. WE CANNOT ALLOW THEM TO PREVAIL!
Recently, on his late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel said:
"NOTHING WOULD MAKE ME WANT TO VOTE MORE THAN KNOWING THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT ME TO VOTE!!"
The
very fact that they are bending over backwards to prevent you from
voting, pulling every trick in the book, buying judges, and other
"officials" to discount your vote; destroying the sanctity of the U.S.
MAIL by hiring a mendicant to destroy it - should tell you that the
REPUGLYCONS are afraid of you! They are afraid of the BLACK VOTERS and
afraid of WOMEN VOTERS and afraid of BROWN AND OTHER VOTERS!
AND, MAKE NO MISTAKE:
WE HAVE TO TAKE BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE - WE HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR
MAJORITY - WE HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR - ONCE AND FOR ALL - THAT THIS IS A
DEMOCRACY - NOT A DICTATORSHIP!
UNITED WE WIN!! UNITED IN OUR VOTE WE STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS!
Don't let the meanstream media (faux Fox news) brainwash you!
WE ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!
Remember:
Y/OUR BLACK MIDTERM VOTES MATTER
Y/OUR WOMEN'S VOTES MATTER
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO STOP YOU FROM EXERCISING YOUR RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY
WE HAVE A DATE ON NOVEMBER 8 -
DON'T WAIT, DON'T HESITATE -
REGISTER TO VOTE IN EVERY STATE
NOW THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
FROM TODAY FORWARD - MAKE EVERY DAY VOTER REGISTRATION DAY!
