10 Good Reasons to Vote...

1.  When you are registered to vote, your complaints are taken more seriously
   
2.  If you disagree with a friend or family member politically, vote to counter their vote
   
3.  Your vote is more significant in local elections, such as city council and state legislature        election, because the number of eligible voters is smaller
   
4. Communities with a higher number of registered voters get more attention from politicians
5. Many men and women over the years have sacrificed their lives and put forth a great effort in pursuit of greater opportunities and freedoms, the least YOU can do is register and/or vote
6. It's your right!  Voting is the cornerstone of democracy.  The power and responsibility of governing lies upon every citizen.  Your vote is your power
7. You represent a combination of interests unique to only you.  When you register to vote, you become part of multiple networks that share your concerns and interests
8. In 2006 only 36.1% of the 13,021,986 eligible voters in New York voted, meaning that a U.S. Senator can be elected with less than 20% of the eligible vote...tisk tisk tisk
9. During the 2005 Iraqi elections, when insurgents said they were going to bathe the streets in blood, over 70% of the population voted.  In the U.S., only 41.3% of eligible voters in 2006 went to the polls...again tisk tisk tisk
10. To keep tuition from rising!  Politicians want to be reelected....so of course they are going to represent the people who are registered to vote.  If college students are not registered to vote politicians will feel no responsibility to help them out.  It's actually quite simple, right?  Right.

http://media.www.ccnycampus.com/media/storage/paper832/news/2007/10/01/Opinion/Top-Ten.Reasons.To.Vote-2994533.shtml

So go out and vote, it is so incredibly important!  And all of you "Debbie Downers" and "Pessimistic  Patties" out there who don't think your vote will make a difference...well...it DOES!