One Vote: Make Your Voice Heard
By Ben Carson and Candy Carson
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The vast majority of Americans feel that our nation is moving in the wrong direction, but we feel powerless to do anything about it. Maybe, that’s why in the presidential election of 2012, more people did not vote than voted for either candidate. We, the people, must realize we hold the power through our one vote. If we do not exercise that power, we have no right to complain!
In One Vote, Dr. Ben Carson makes an urgent, nonpartisan, and unbiased plea for every American citizen to exercise the power of their vote in every election. This convenient and easy-to-use book will give you everything you need to become an informed voter. After reading this book, you will know how to ask the right questions about candidates, parties, and voting records; find the candidates and political parties that coincide with your values; locate your own senator and congressman; request information from your representatives; discover what bills your representatives have sponsored; and uncover how your representatives have voted in the past.
One Vote can help you make sure your voice is heard.
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One Vote - Ben Carson
One Vote
© 2014 Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D.
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This book is dedicated to the many Americans who sacrificed so that we all can now have the privilege of one vote.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: You Are the Pinnacle of Power
Chapter 2: Knowledge Is Power
Chapter 3: Know Your News
Chapter 4: Recognize Manipulation
Chapter 5: Assess Your Representatives
Chapter 6: Vote Your Values
Chapter 7: Spheres of Influence
Chapter 8: Practical Steps
A Call to Action
A Sample of Dr. Carson’s #1 New York Times Bestseller One Nation
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Notes
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
O
UR DEEP APPRECIATION
goes to Sealy Yates, Craig Michaelis, and Mick Yates for their hard work in bringing this project together.
PREFACE
S
EVERAL YEARS AGO,
after the usual arduous twelve-to-sixteen-hour day at work as the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, I was rushing home to complete my civic duty as a voter in Maryland’s gubernatorial race. I lived in Upperco, Maryland, and my polling place was right down the street at a fire station. I arrived five minutes before 8 p.m., which was the closing time for the polls. After waiting in line for a few minutes, I was told the polls were closed and those still waiting in line would not be permitted to vote. I was considerably less than amused and felt deprived of a constitutional right.
It was one of the few times I have missed a voting opportunity since I reached the age of majority while in college. I remember being very excited about my first opportunity to vote for a presidential candidate while a student at Yale. Like most of the students there at that time, I considered myself a liberal and proudly voted for George McGovern, who lost in a landslide. My political leanings have changed significantly over the years based on my experiences. Although I probably lean more toward the conservative side now, my interest in participating in the selection of our representatives has not diminished. In fact, now that I have children and grandchildren, I have even more interest in trying to protect their future with my one vote.
Recent polling has shown that the vast majority of Americans feel our nation is moving in the wrong direction, and many people feel powerless to do anything about it. This is why we the people must undergo a radical change in our perception of who we are and how much power we have. We are at the pinnacle of power because our system of governance was set up that way.
There are few things in our lives that compare to the privilege and the responsibility we have as voters. Many people feel that their one vote does not count because they are only one among millions, but the sad fact is that in the 2012 presidential election, 93 million eligible voters failed to