Voting Quotes - page 3

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. (DeForest Soaries)
When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. View quote
DeForest Soaries
When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America. View quote
DeForest Soaries
Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind. View quote
DeForest Soaries
Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico and residents do not have voting representation in the Congress. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done. View quote
Elijah Cummings
I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it. View quote
Eddie Bernice Johnson
It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth. View quote
Eleanor Clift
Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole. View quote
Eleanor Mondale
I have consistently made it very clear that I will vote a straight Democratic ticket, just like I do every election. From the local Constable to the President, I will be voting for every Democrat on the ballot. View quote
Henry Cuellar
Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy. (Jay Griffiths)
According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules. View quote
Jeff Miller
When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any more. Any doubt I had about that was cast aside for ever when I saw Gordon Brown cosying up to Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street. View quote
Jimmy Reid
Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail. View quote
Joan Blades
Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years. View quote
John M. McHugh
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act. View quote
Kathleen Sebelius
For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election. View quote
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced. View quote
Marc Morial
Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. View quote
Marty Meehan
The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country. View quote
Norm Dicks
No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting. (Roger Mudd)
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world. View quote
Sharon Salzberg
It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning to the end of my book. View quote
Sidney Blumenthal
The irony is that the people we tend to vote for actually look down on voters and voting. That's just idiotic, right? That's like a snake eating its own tail! A wolf in a trap gnawing off its own head to escape! View quote
Steven Weber
Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it. View quote
Stockwell Day