United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Now that the Democratic President-Vice President ticket is set, and Joe Biden with Kamala Harris are going to be the Democratic ticket on the November ballot, this is a good time to remind everyone about the reasons for voting and why it is so important.

1. You're not just voting for President and Vice President.

2. You're voting to prevent a 7-2 dangerous conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Note: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 87 years old, is single-handedly fighting off all illness so she can show up to do her job. This alone should be enough for an historic turnout!

3. You're voting for the next Secretary of Education, Housing Secretary, and Attorney General.

4. You are voting for the "down" ballot as well, to keep the House and to gain majority of the Senate in Congress.

5. You're voting for federal judges.

6. You're voting for the rule of law.

7. You're voting for saving national parks.

8. You're voting for letting kids out of cages (remember them... that's still going on).

9. You're voting for clean air and water.

10. You're voting for scientists and other "knowledgeable" experts to be allowed to speak and do something to protect us from climate change and pandemics.

11. You're voting for greater transparency and confidence that the President or Congress isn't using your tax dollars as a slush fund for his family and friends.

12. You're voting for housing rights.

13. You're voting for former incarcerated persons to be treated with dignity and assisted in becoming proud and productive members of society when they return to their respective communities.

14. You're voting for everyone to be able to adopt a child without a lot of red tape.

15. You're voting for Dreamers.

16. You're voting so that there will be Social Security and Medicare when you retire, and in your children's future as well.

17. You're voting for veterans to get the care they deserve.

18. You're voting for rural hospitals.

19. You're voting so that everyone can have access to affordable health insurance.

20. You're voting for teaching to be treated like the noble profession that it is and for teachers to be paid like the heroes they are.

21. You're voting to have a President who doesn't embarrass this country every time he attends an international meeting.

22. You're voting against allowing the USA to become yet another authoritarian regime.

23. You're voting for sensible gun laws.

24. You're voting for children born to military troops overseas to still be counted as U.S. citizens.

25. You’re voting to curb homelessness and find solutions to affordable housing.

26. You’re voting to take measures to end the racial asset and wealth disparities.

27. You're voting to defend women's reproductive rights and a woman's right to make all health related decisions regarding her body.

28. You're voting to acknowledge the humanity and protect the rights and safety of our family and friends in communities of color, as well as the LGBTQ+ community.

29. You're voting to stop the normalization of dangerous bigotry, racism, and white supremacy and in the mainstream.

30. You're voting to rebuild the CDC to help prevent or eradicate all dangerous pandemics like the Coronavirus.

31 You’re voting for an increased minimum wage.

We can't all agree on everything and the Biden-Harris ticket isn't perfect. No ticket ever was or will be perfect. Perhaps, for whatever reason, Joe and Kamala don't pass your purity test. In spite of that, we must do all we can to ensure that the Biden-Harris ticket wins. The future of our country and well-being of everyone in it depends on it now more than ever before!