<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/16034728-12-laws--Law-Four--advocates-of-Democracy-by-Mccray-Ii" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: rgb(141, 56, 0); text-decoration: none;">Advocates of Democracy</span></a><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></div><div><br></div>Author unknown<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Voting day, should be a national holiday</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);"><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">like it is in other countries across the way</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">I don’t think it is too much I say</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">to have one day off every 730 days</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">for midterm and general elections</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">now we come to a divided section:</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">electoral college versus the popular vote</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">They got the most votes? Doesn’t matter, no</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">because they always take the electoral college</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">if you cry “change,” you run into blockage</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">they say that they live in a smaller state</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">that they are minorities, the EC should stay</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">but just like its’ unthinkable to give extra representation to actual minorities</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">you should not have extra voting power just because you happen to live in Wyoming</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">we should end the EC</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">one vote, one person, so GOD willing</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">We all may be free.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>