Stories for "Get out the Vote"

Story One:

Many people today in America feel that their vote will not affect the outcome of this election. But history has shown that 'one vote' can and has made a difference whether for the good or bad.

1776: 'one vote' gave America the English language instead of German.

1830: 'one vote' in the U.S. Congress passed "The Indian Removal Act".

1845: 'one vote' admitted Texas as the 28th in the Union

1850: 'one vote' admitted California into the Union.

1850: 'one vote' admitted Oregon into the Union.

1872: 'one vote' kept the Dakota Territory from giving women the right to vote.

1888: 'one vote' kept Fredrick Douglas (African American abolitionist) from being nominated

            for the U.S. president.

1890: 'one vote' admitted Idaho into the Union.

2008: your 'one vote' can change the future.

Story Two:

One one of 15 people today in America feel that their vote does not affect the outcome of this election.  Anyone who feels this way needs to consider this: There are approximatley 305,000,000 people residing in the United States of of 2008. If one out of 15 people do vote because their vote does not count then that means their are around 20,333,000 people not voting for this reason. To understand how large this number is, only two states populations are larger than this amount of people who feel their vote does not count. Imagine the entire state of New York not voting, this would dramatically effect the outcome of an election. The last two elections have been won by less than 1%, what would the power of 20,000,000 more votes have changed?