07/28/2022
I started this campaign to run for School Board to make a local impact that directly affects my community and my kids who attend school in the Catawba County School system.
The world has changed so much in just the last 20 plus years since I graduated from Bunker Hill High School. That change is good in some way in others not so good. After the 2020 elections, I felt that there was a shift in the Country and so I have been following and researching ways to make a local impact. One item that I believe has been impacted since the election is voter confidence in our election system. This is the one item that gives us all a say in how we shape our republic. We cast our votes for individuals to represent our values, morals, and beliefs. When you are no longer represented by those individuals whom you cast your vote for you feel disenfranchised and apathy toward elections.
The local turn out of the Hickory elections I believe clearly illustrates this. I have sited links below to the websites from the Hickory Daily Record and Catawba County Board of Elections.
Out of the just over 29,000 registered voters in Hickory only just over 2000 voted in this election. 7% of the registered voters voted. We must do better and show up to the polls to vote. With early voting and election day there is really no reason not to get out and take 5 maybe 10 minutes max to let your voice be heard. Local elections directly affect YOU!!! As we approach the election in November on a non-presidential election year the voting percentage is typically lower in North Carolina just above 50% and in Presidential election years its close to 75% of the registered voters.
https://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mayor-hank-guess-councilman-david-zagaroli-reelected-in-hickory-by-large-margins/article_67a4a88e-0d3e-11ed-9a3c-b7d7f79cc6d6.html -source=home-top-story
Source: https://www.catawbacountync.gov/county-services/elections/
So, I challenge all of you to get involved in elections and seek information from those running for office for you to make the best judgement on election day and get out and vote. Thomas Jefferson once said, “Tyranny prevails when good men do nothing.” In good consciousness I could not stand on the sidelines any longer and had to get in the fight.
Thank you for reading and God Bless.
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