Ted Deutch Quotes

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

I do vote. I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote.

The 2020 Election is believed to be the most important in our lifetime. Therefore, I've chosen to become more involved in the voting process by using my social media platform to encourage voting and my facility as a Dekalb County early voting polling station.

If you don't vote, you don't count.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

Voting in Florida is like there’s some kind of goody in a box and you want to get it, but you’ve got to be persistent to get it.

We should make election day a national holiday.

No people ever learned how to vote except by voting.

This election is not about me. It is about you.

It is the duty of governments to create a pro-voter environment that encourages participation, but it is also the responsibility of citizens to make their voices heard.

Since too few Americans go to the polls, I say what this country needs is a bobblehead election, where voters will get free bobblehead dolls of their choice when they show up and vote for president.

You've got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That's it; that's the way we move forward. That's how we make progress for ourselves and for our country.

What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like voting and voter engagement.

The very act of voting is a political act.

You want young people to vote, make Election Day a national holiday.

One of the areas that many of us, including the Women's March organizers, are focusing on is starting mass voter registration and voter engagement.

Get out and vote. If you can't vote, then register other people to vote. Get people to the polls; make sure that people who need to vote can vote.

We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can't succeed without your help.

I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.