The stakes are high. The choices are stark. The outcome will have profound implications on our immediate and long-term future. The options are not equivalent, the choice matters perhaps more than any time ever in American history. Sitting this one out would be a violation of our duty as citizens to participate and raise our voices about who we are and what we strive to be as a nation.

It is not too late to vote early in person this week, or on Tuesday, November 5.

Vote as if your life depends on it. It just might.