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The men who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, pledged their “Lives, [their] Fortunes and [their] sacred Honor” to defend the idea of human equality.

Ever since then, Americans have sacrificed their own fortunes, honor, and even their lives, for that principle.

Lincoln reminded Civil War Americans of those sacrifices when he urged the people of his era to “take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion–that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
~ Heather Cox Richardson

Make no mistake: Democracy is on the ballot this year.

We can disagree on policies and solutions to problems, but we should all do everything in our power to preserve democracy itself.

Too many have sacrificed too much for us to be casual with our votes.

Every one matters!