Senator Mike Bernskoetter

6th Senatorial District

For Immediate Release: 

Nov. 1, 2024

Capitol Building, Room 416

Jefferson City, MO 65101

Contact Kenny Ross: 

 573-751-2076

Participating in Elections

Election Day is next week, and this long campaign season is about to be over. It seems as if every cycle gets longer and longer. However, I do not want anyone to lose focus on the importance of getting out there and voting. Our great republic is built on the participation of citizens in the election process, where they can let their voices be heard. By voting you are taking part in the grand experiment of a nation founded on the principle of a government ruled by the people.

Regardless of your position on the issues or your political party, it is important that you engage in the process. In the era of close elections that we are now in, all votes matter. Your participation in this election could be the difference in the direction our state and nation take for the next four years. Election season is long and grueling. Like many of you, I am ready for it to be over with, but it is so important that you take the time next week to go to your local polling station, face the lines, and vote.

One of the greatest presidents we have had in this nation, and one of my favorites, was Abraham Lincoln. His ending words of the Gettysburg Address is the finest distillation of what it means to be a member of this democracy, and the best description of the experiment we are a part of, saying “that a government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” That one line describes the version of American democracy that I believe in, a government made up of, run by, and focused on the people. 

Please join me next Tuesday in supporting our nation and its principles by getting out there and voting in this election, if you have not already. 

Please feel free to contact my office at 573-751-2076. For information about my committee assignments or sponsored legislation, please visit my official Missouri Senate website at senate.mo.gov/Bernskoetter.