TODAY is Election day and Got Your 6 has one word for you - VOTE. In celebration of November 8th's General Elections, Got Your 6 has partnered with attn:, Rob Riggle, David Eigenberg, Joe Manganiello, JW Cortes, Tom Arnold, Bill Rausch, Kate Hoit and more, to launch our latest PSA, showing the importance of exercising this valuable freedom and driving as many people to the polls as possible. More information about Got Your 6 here: gotyour6.org
As an Army Captain, I deployed to Baghdad in May 2006, just a few months after the historic December 2005 Iraqi election. During my time in Iraq, I met countless Iraqis who proudly showed me photos of themselves and their family members holding up purple-stained fingers signifying they had voted in that election. These men and women faced down roadside bombs, suicide bombers, and rooftop snipers, all for the chance to participate in a free and open election. Eighty percent of the Iraqi electorate turned out that Election Day. Over the past 100 years, Americans have not even come close to that level of turnout. Lately, it has been even worse. In the 2012 presidential election, of the 235 million eligible voters in America, only 129 million – around 55 percent -- bothered to show up to the polls. That’s without having to dodge sniper bullets. So Election Day 2016, which lands just three days before Veterans Day, those who wore the uniform are issuing Americans a challenge: Don’t
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