By Sabrina Berkiewicz
Tuesday, March 15 is the Illinois Primary Elections. I hope you will vote.
We’ll be choosing candidates at both federal and state level, but perhaps most importantly, we’ll be choosing a presidential candidate for each party.
The people we vote for will be making decisions that affect our lives and the lives of our children and everybody in Illinois. Decisions about retirement plans, healthcare, taxes, employment, insurance, housing and food costs, and the future of our state and nation, are made by people in office.
These people will also be charged with upholding our rights as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights as American Citizens. These people will be tasked with protecting our freedom to practice our religions, with helping those in need both at home and abroad, and to ensure our military remains the greatest in the world. That’s quite a job, so I hope you vote for the right person.
The state of Illinois hasa website to help voters make sense of it all. www.elections.il.gov.
Whether you need to get registered to vote, need to find your polling place, or information on who is running for office, you can find everything at www.elections.il.gov.
In addition to all these practical reasons to vote, I feel we have the responsibility as citizens of the United States of America to vote for a couple of reasons.
First, since the revolutionary war, Americans have been laying down their lives for our country and they continue to do it today while protecting our country from global threats and preserving our democracy. The excuse of not having time to vote seems pretty lame once you stop and think about the sacrifices made by our fellow Americans so we can vote.
Second, America sets an example for the entire world each time we vote, and do it without bombs exploding and people dying and I thank every American who made this possible for us.
I especially urge you to vote with wisdom. Vote for the man or woman whom you believe has the character, moral integrity, wisdom, compassion, understanding, and experience to guide America as we chart our course into a world that grows more complex each day.
So please, make your voice heard in Illinois and vote on Tuesday, March 15.
Sabrina Burkiewicz currently works in Marketing at the Illinois Farm Bureau and is a graduate student at Illinois State University. Sabrina spent nearly a decade at Home Sweet Home Ministries where she worked to create awareness about the invisible people in our community. Sabrina is an avid reader, enjoys baking, gardening, skiing and snorkeling with her husband Chris. Sabrina and Chris live in Bloomington where they attend the Evangelical Free Church.
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