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(Posted January 2008)

AMERICA IS ...

a country where people choose their leaders. Voting is one of the foundations of democracy.
DEMOCRACY

"It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America.
It's the hand that casts the ballot."
                          — President Harry S Truman
 
 Drawing of President Lincoln at Gettysburg  Voters in line and voting booths
 Young children urging adults to vote  People registering to vote
 People voting with an express machine  Voter making choices at voting machine

 
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