Given the threat to what Americans, even MAGA Republicans, hold dearest — our freedoms — no citizen can afford to sit this one out.
Randi Weitzner, a former New Yorker and former chair of the Montreal chapter of Democrats Abroad, is volunteering with the organization’s voter assistance team this election. Every person she helps navigate the process of registering and voting is a win for what she believes is the only party that cares about people. She also believes it should matter to Canadians. “If it’s bad in the U.S., it’s going to get worse here. This moment is not just about you and me. It’s about all of us.”
Reasons to vote, we have more than a few. If you are an American living in Canada do the right thing: register, vote, repeat (think 2026 midterms.) If you’re a Canadian with American friends, ask, nudge, beg them to do the right thing. In 2024, it’s the only thing. “We don’t realize how powerful we are,” Corey Booker, Democratic senator for New Jersey, told Zoom-call attendees. “Please, please use your power!” And step on it. For Americans living abroad, November is now.
Denise Roig, former Montrealer and a writer living in Hamilton, Ont., is a member of Democrats Abroad.