An election for civic rights
The voters stood in line at the polls. After they manually signed the voter register, a volunteer gave them a paper ballot and directed them to one of two private voting booths. Each voter entered a booth and reviewed their choices in the primary election for civic rights in their community:
The right to have fun.
The right to good food.
The right to feel safe.
The right to be yourself.
The right to learn.
They were ready to vote for their top two choices. They had reviewed the campaign materials; they had had conversations with other voters about what matters in their community; and they had thought about what was important to them. They filled out their ballot, left the booth, and cast their vote for counting.
On Election Day, they returned to the polls to vote for the most important civil right in their community. After the primary, there were two choices:
The right to have fun.
The right to be yourself.
The next day, the community learned the election's outcome. In a "landslide" victory, the #1 civic right was the right to be yourself.
This was the election my second grader voted in along with the students in his primary school. The night before Election Day, he eagerly told me and my husband that the choice was easy: "I'm voting for be yourself because if you are yourself, then you're having fun." My precious son, I couldn't have said it better myself. In fact, thank you for yet another reason why authenticity matters.
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