Voting is a sacred right and profound responsibility for all Americans. In addition to being the mechanism for choosing our elected leaders, it is a manifestation of our country’s founding ideals. In the American philosophy, power and legitimacy come from the people – not from a sovereign monarch or religious authority. We hold this power as innate to our humanity, with a natural right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. As people hold the seat of power, we affirmatively choose to delegate some of this to a government, in order to do collectively what it would be impossible to do alone. As such, we don’t vote in order to choose leaders to rule over us. We vote to hire the most talented and dedicated people we can find to work for us. We must not take this philosophy or this right for granted, as it is quite rare over the span of human history. Vote to hire the best people we can to lead this incredible country. Vote to hold accountable those who haven’t done their job and who’ve violated this sacred trust. Here’s to a peaceful, fair, and decisive election.