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H. Michael Harvey, JD
3 min readMar 5, 2020

I voted for Joe Biden, and Here Is Why I Did.

Harold Michael Harvey at an early vote precinct in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia March 3, 2020, © 2020 Cascade Publishing House

The Georgia Presidential Preference Primary slated for March 24, 2020, in my home state. However, Georgia is among a few political subdivisions that have an early vote process where voters can cast their ballot before the scheduled Primary or General Election date.

I like early voting because the lines are usually shorter. I can get in and out in fifteen minutes or less. However, in the 2008 General Election, when Barack Obama was on the ballot for the first time, I stood in line about three and one-half hour to cast my historic vote.

I consider myself more an independent voter than one married to either the Republican or Democratic parties.

This year there is not any value in voting in the Republican Primary for the simple fact the House of Representative’s Managers proved the House of Representative’s impeachment case against President Donald John Trump.

Unfortunately, Republican senators did not follow the law and convict Trump of misuse of the Office of the President and obstruction of a congressional investigation.

Since the US Senate left it up to American voters to punish or not punish Trump for his gregarious behavior, I have but one choice, and that is to vote Trump out of office.

While my whole life has been a life of revolutionary change, it would seem that…

H. Michael Harvey, JD
H. Michael Harvey, JD

Written by H. Michael Harvey, JD

Harvey is Living Now Book Awards 2020 Bronze Medalist for his memoir Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance. Available at haroldmichaelharvey.com

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