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  Editorial: Register to make your voice heard

    Illinois Valley Community College students are being offered a great opportunity.
    If students choose to participate, they can become involved in matters that affect their towns, their college, their state and their country. They can have a say in who represents their views in the U.S. Congress, or decide who will be in charge of IVCC tuition costs.
    Once again, voter registration is being offered right here on campus. This opportunity makes registering to vote a no-brainer and leaves students with zero excuses for not getting registered.
    Once they have a voter registration card in hand, it is time students started voting. There may not be a presidential election this year, but the races are no less important.
    Exercising the right to vote gives students a say in everything that takes place in their school, town, state and country and there is no excuse for not voting!
    There are plenty of political opinions swarming about the campus. Lots of students seem less than pleased about the way the country is being run. Our only question is, did you vote?
    If not, here’s your chance to get started. Get registered and get voting: it is the only thing that will make a difference and the only thing that gives you a license to complain about the government.

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