During every registration drive, I'm told by at least 15-20 people, "My one vote makes no difference la". We have on average 6 drives in a month, so I would have encountered 120 people every month who don't think they can make a difference with their singular vote. Note that this is from only ONE location.
If one volunteer from one location meets 120 eligible non-voters;
one volunteer from ten locations would meet 1200 eligible non-voters!!!
The Hulu Selangor and Sibu by election were won by BN and PR with a margin of 1,725 and 398 votes respectively. If all the unregistered voters in these two constituents believed they could make a difference and came out to vote, don't you think the outcome would have been very different???
Don't you remember the tale told to us when we were young about how its easy to break one pencil in half, but its hard to break a bunch of pencil in half?
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
Each and every vote makes a difference because collectively, we have the power to determine the fate of our future generations.
4 Million unregistered voters.
4 Million chances to make a difference.
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