Take the Time to Vote
We generally don’t need anybody telling us how important it is to vote. Sometimes we do need the reminder, however, that it is okay to take the time to vote. The good people at Google created a site that has many CEOs (including our own Chairman and CEO John Chambers) reminding their employees and other concerned citizens to vote. The idea called “Vote Hour” sprung from a Google employee who read a report from the U.S. Census Bureau that said in the 2004 Presidential election the NUMBER ONE reason that registered voters didn’t make it out to the polls to vote was because they were “too busy” or had conflicting work schedules. The “Vote Hour” effort is to remind people that it doesn’t take that much time to exercise their democratic (small d) muscles.
Here are our CEO’s thoughts:
To make it extra easy, there is also a Google Maps mash-up to show you where your polling place is. Happy voting!
Posted by John Earnhardt at 11:40AM PST
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