Scanning Twitter this evening I came across a powerful Tweet from an old friend in North Carolina, professor Jacqueline Olich. She simply passed on the Tweet from someone else, which as you know, is the power of Twitter. Struck by this simple hashtag, #WhyIVote, I decided to Storify it with the best Tweets I could find.
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RT @rcturk: Because some incredibly brave women fought for almost a century so I could. #WhyIVote -
Wow! My #WhyIVote tweet was just on the @MHarrisPerry Show. #GOTV @msnbc http://yfrog.com/h2i7bnoj -
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I’m headed to vote for @BarackObama because I believe that LGBT people should be equal under the law. #Obama2012 #whyivote -
I vote because I want my voice heard to help shape my country’s future. #WhyIVote -
“If you work hard, you can make it here in America. That’s what we’re fighting for. That’s why I’m asking for your vote.”—President Obama -
#WhyIVote People died so that I could be free. How could I not? -
#WhyIVote because its a freedom I’ve been blessed with…along with the blessing of being born into America. -
@YAHYAH2X #VOTERSURPRESSION #WHYIVOTE http://pic.twitter.com/oRtuEuSB -
#whyIvote It’s my right. It’s my voice. It’s my responsibility. It matters. It counts. #nerdland -
I vote because my fore-mothers fought long and hard for women to have the right! #whyivote -
When Obama was elected in 2008, one of my Chinese friends wondered if China could someday elect a Tibetan or Uyghur as president. #whyivote -
#WhyIVote: Because people; Black ppl, White ppl, DIED so that I could cost my ballot!! -
#WhyIVote Democracy’s the great equalizer. My VOTE is a voice that helps level a political playing field where WEALTH generally wields POWER -
@MHarrisPerry @mhpshow My Great uncles Clyde, KIA Germany WW2 & Herschel, KIA Korea. No greater love. #whyivote http://pic.twitter.com/I76XngqK -
The #whyivote roundup continues: http://www.chasingray.com/archives/2012/11/why_i_vote_round-up.html -
Because my great grandparents were not considered citizens even tho they were all native americans and born in raised in the USA #whyivote -
And a couple of funny thoughts…
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#WhyIVote cause my boy Pedro is running
Sara Kerr 