National Voter Registration Day Proclamation, 2022
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The right to vote is the cornerstone of our freedom and the basis of our democracy. It also serves to define us as Americans.
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Without it, nothing in America is possible; with it, anything is. It is a legacy that our greatest leaders have left behind.
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a legacy that gives everyone of us the opportunity to contribute to the development of a better country. It is the foundation of our civic authority.
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our most powerful social change weapon, as well as the stabilising tradition that gives our political system legitimacy.
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On National Voter Registration Day every year, we reiterate our belief that democracy only functions when all citizens can participate.
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In order to fulfil the promise of equal access to the right to vote, our country has not always upheld it, and countless Americans have toiled, suffered, and even passed away.
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struggling to have a say in our nation's future. Ordinary people in America have banded together to protest dissent and won victories everywhere from Seneca Falls, New York, to Selma, Alabama, to Washington, D.C.
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The Voting Rights Act, for example, was passed thanks in large part to the work of these brave women and men.
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I've instructed my administration to take ground-breaking steps to assist veterans and college students with their registration.