Why You Should Verify Your Vote Was Counted

Given the American public’s grave concerns about the 2024 election and the integrity of the president elect, I don't understand why the current leadership of our country isn’t rallying their constituents to verify that their votes were counted (it only takes 5 minutes online). If they can't do it in a federal government capacity (which makes no sense to me), then why aren’t they doing it with Democratic Party or Kamala/Walz campaign money!?

The only harm in doing so is facing the Republican Party’s jeers, but there stands to be a lot of damage if we don’t.

At the very least, it will reinforce the importance of each person’s vote.

If the surprisingly low election turnout isn't real, we need to find out before inauguration day or we may as well not find out at all.

Here’s the link to verify your vote in North Carolina: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

For those of you in other states, just do a search for “how to verify your vote was counted in [your state].” You want to confirm that your ballot was counted, not that you are registered to vote.

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Melissa Rooney

Melissa Bunin Rooney is a picture-book author, freelance writer and editor, 2nd-generation Polish-Lithuanian immigrant; Southerner (NC and VA); Woman in Science (Ph.D. Chemistry); Australian-U.S. citizen; and Soil and Water Conservationist. She provides hands-on STEM and literary workshops and residencies for schools and organizations, as well as scientific and literary editing services for businesses, universities, non-profits, and other institutions. Melissa also reviews theater and live performances for Triangle Theater Review and reviews books for NY Journal of Books.

https://www.MelissaRooneyWriting.com
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