Every Citizen Gets a Vote

Every citizen has a right to vote and may willingly participate in the privilege to vote for potential elected officials. In a world without defect there is no citizen that ever would be denied that one vote of each election. One individual's vote is as important an impact on an election outcome as another individual's vote. Our government system was founded under principles such as "one man, one vote".

There could be some thought to exceptions to how the postulate really may work and bring about a bit of doubt about how valid the principle of "one man, one vote" may be. This should not occur, as the democracy regulations of elections are essentially intact, despite any crimp in the system.

The concept of the vision of our founding fathers of a system of the people being the rule, elections and voting was not previously tried on a national level. This fact led to the system been termed as "The Great American Experiment". Documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were a struggle to create, despite the poetic language contained within these historical documents.

It is good that writers of the cornerstone documents of that era were philosophers with their theory based politically fed by sources of history, rather than a precedent of history within their prospective of how the wonderful new country's functioning would be. In glimpsing the impracticality of the outcome it is on a positive note that we recognize the great wisdom possessed by our founding fathers.

Although our founding fathers' expectations were set high, as a people we were not so little as to not be capable of living up to that level. Across the span of the decades amendments have be placed into the constitution in order that a legal precedent may be established in addition to improved social attitudes. The citizens of the nation moved forward in order to enable all to have the ability to vote in their country's elections. For example, African Americans were given the right to vote through the fifteenth amendment, while all citizens are guaranteed to be equally protected under the law within the vise of the fourteenth amendment. Meanwhile the nineteenth amendment guarantees women the right to vote. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 supplied additional enforcement was given to these amendments and laws in order to ensure everyone would be treated equal. In turn, this assured every citizen of their true rights to government access.

With the improvements to the original historical documents activated, the insight of our founding fathers has been proven to be positive, extraordinary change. The realization has been made that a few educated individuals were not just coming up with some of their own musings of philosophy, but absolute proof of a substantial vision.

In recognition of the legal rights of minority and woman participation in the system there have been very noticeable positive changes in society, as well as government composition. At the birth of the nation the parochial world view would not have recognized today's government's three branches. In the modern governmental scene it is not unusual to see congressional seats held by women or blacks, or to see them as mayors, governors or serving any government role. These individuals have proven to have the same level of wisdom and judgment as those male leaders of past decades.

The changes have made a positive impact on the fairness of government works, as well as on the manner in which the people feel a freedom and sense of participation in the nation's affairs. Leadership roles are increasingly being honorably held by individual of all colors, African-Americans, Hispanics, and women, with policies that are taking that government in the direction of a truly equitable participation of the nation's population.

An African-American or a woman can now be easily found in the highest government offices in the nation, including that of the United States presidency. Reform toward the vision of our founding fathers has come to pass that every citizen of the country can be a part of any level of government and one vote is granted to every citizen.