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Throughout the election year of 2000 we've been reminding
you that your vote helps write the next chapter of history.
And the pages of history remind us of the powerful impact
of one vote:
- In 1776 a single vote margin selected English over German
as the nation's language for official business.
- In 1867, one vote in the Senate kept President Andrew
Johnson from being removed from office during his impeachment
trial.
- In 1876, one vote in the House of Representatives awarded
the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes in the nation's most
controversial presidential election.
- And in 1923, Adolph Hitler took over leadership of the
German Nazi party by a single vote.
History can be shaped by one person's view of right and
wrong.
And history shows us that the only time one vote doesn't
matter is when it's not cast.
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