AN APPEAL TO YOUNGER AMERICANS:

As a history buff with a particular interest in Constitutional history, I appeal to Americans of majority age to exercise their fundamental Constitutionally guaranteed right to vote. It is massively important that every vote be cast and counted. We are facing a Constitutional crossroads where our future can go very different directions. It is not my place, nor anyone else's, to tell you how to cast your vote. I am simply imploring you to cast it. Do not disenfranchise yourselves by not voting. Exercise your power and encourage others to exercise theirs. Your vote most definitely counts, even if your candidate does not win.

Democracy requires, at its very foundation, that every possible vote be cast and accurately counted. This is truly the voice of the people, the citizens of our Constitutional Republic. The Constitution sincerely attempted to build the American Revolution into the on-going existence of our nation by placing the ultimate political power in the hands of its citizens. That power, your absolute ability to define the course of our nation's history, is your vote. Please - I am begging - that you consider the issues that you find important to your place in our society, you consider which candidate most meets those requirements (or at least does not ignore them) and cast your vote for your considered choice.

It is the American thing to do.