Restoration Harvest

Please listen to today’s selected podcast message at the link below to augment the brief written reflection that follows on “Restoration Harvest”.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/41182465

Many Voters Continue to Support, Pray and Cheer the Right to Vote On

Churches,community organizations and Get Out the Vote have revved up their engines. Well organized efforts of prayer, voting and volunteer networks have sparked unprecedented early voting turnouts across the nation. Actions have also generated legal challenges in states such as Florida. There voters are embroiled in a legal battle to extend the early voting deadline. "Souls to the Polls","Get Out the Vote", election commissions and persons having insight into the myriad issues local jurisdictions such as Detroit face. A total of 18 separate proposals are on the ballot alone, making efforts to educate and inform needed. One notable such proposal is No. 4 where the fight is on to make affordable home health care available so seniors won't feel,as the President states in the telephone call being made to voters "like they are being warehoused". Me and fellow siblings know this all too well as caregivers to two elderly parents, one faced with daily challenges of adequate elder care. The importance of a proper understanding and resultant vote in favor of making quality home care available cannot be overemphasized. The mantras are typically clear and resounding "Go to the Polls"and "Get out and vote". Rides, child care and any other incentive within reason and geared to assist voters in fully participating in this election,making their ballot count are happily being provided. Poll watchers are being recruited and trained by such organizations as the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The influential civil rights organization has been running an informative ad on radio networks across the country. It's down to the wire and election eve is upon us. The Presidential race is a tight one and the numbers are close enough to generate nothing more than a dead heat in some states. Some might wonder how the Republican candidate who was trailing Obama just months ago has managed to improve upon his image weakened by a consistently chameleon like wishy washy stance on the issues that matter most. Yet he has managed to do just that with the aid of negative campaign ads and the influx of millions of dollars from super-pacs and super-rich donors. Your vote is needed and could make the difference. Vote your conscience, vote your candidate of choice and vote like your life depended on it!