“By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting.” IfsShouldStatesGovernmentTurnsPayHonestTaxesMembersStandardsPaidWorkersIncomeVotingBureaucracyTaxpayersAccountingUnorthodoxGovernment Workers Author:Ilana Mercer
“The voting records of virtually every member of Congress reveal that the oath of office is more a ceremonial gesture than a sacred commitment.” PoliticalPoliticsTermRecordsMembersOfficeCommitmentSacredCongressVotingGesturesOathTerm LimitsOath Of Office Book:Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders Source: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders
“I want Christians to consider who they vote for. We look a lot at the presidential elections. And that's where so much of our focus is, especially from the media, but some of the most important elections are the local elections - the mayors, city council members, county commissioners, school boards. How important school boards are - and we need to get Christian men and women running for office. We need Christian men and women not only running for office, but voting and getting behind other Christians that are running for office.” MenWantNeedsLooksImportantRunningSchoolChristianCitiesBehindsFocusMediaMembersOfficeMen And WomenVoteElectionLocalsPresidentialBoardsVotingCouncilCountyMayorsPresidential ElectionCommissionersRunning For OfficeSchool BoardCity Council Author:Franklin Graham
“North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state's new voting restrictions are just fine.” ThinkingStatesFineMembersVotingExecutivesCommitteesRestrictionChairmanCarolinaNorth CarolinaGop Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I'm a member of the Recording Academy and I see the way it works and even with the whole voting process it's broken down into specific categories. There are Pop categories and Dance and Rock and Metal and Film and Score and everything else. Basically when you are voting you are urged not to vote in the category that you don't know anything about.” KnowsWayWholeFilmProcessRocksBrokenMembersVotePopsScoreVotingCategoriesMetalsAcademyBroken Down Author:John Petrucci
“People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because you're not just speaking for yourself. You're speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school.” PeopleImportantSchoolVoiceHeardCitizensMembersVotingDiscouragedLatinoFamily MembersClassmates Author:Barack Obama
“The NRA is weakening but the opposing forces are stronger. A member of Congress has and still does pay a price for voting against the NRA. But now a member pays a price for voting with the NRA, too. In many districts, the price is higher when a member votes with the NRA than against the NRA. The public is outraged.” DoeStillsForcePayHigherMembersVoteStrongerCongressVotingOpposingOutragedWeakeningNra Author:Charles Schumer
“I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.” PeopleEnoughAgeAbleYoungDiesMembersVoteFortuneInjusticeCongressVotingVietnamGood FortuneVoting Age Author:Birch Bayh
“Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.” ShouldCountryMatterPoliticalPoliticsPresidentCitizensMembersVoteWeightElectionCongressVotingCeoElections And VotingInspirational VotingVoting Day Author:Barbara Boxer