I Vote Because...

Here's an invitation from the NJ League of Women Voters. It's a great opportunity. P.S. NASW-NJ will be blogging on nj.com/helpinghands soon too!

As many of you know, the League of Women Voters of New Jersey writes a blog on nj.com/helpinghands. In September, we will have a 5 part series "I Vote" and we are asking you, our members and supporters, to submit blog entries detailing reasons why you vote in the hope that the stories you share will inspire more New Jersey citizens to vote in November.

You may chose to share the memory of the first time you entered a voting booth, discuss voter disenfranchisement, talk about carpooling to the polls and sharing the experience with your community, or discuss voting in other countries...any nonpartisan inspirational take on "I Vote" is welcome.

Full blog entries should fall between 300 and 700 words, be written in short paragraphs, and aim to inspire and get out the vote. Entries will be published under the name of the author. If we receive many submissions, we may have to pick which one to publish.

If you do not want to, or do not have the time to write a full blog entry, please consider submitting one sentence or one paragraph to be used in the blogs. You can finish the sentence "I vote because..." and your submission will appear as a quote under your name as part of a blog.

I sincerely hope many of you will decide to share your reasons for and experiences with voting. Please email submissions by September 4, to jburns@lwvnj.org - Jesse Burns, LWVNJ Director of Communications.