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April 8, 2021 The Chronicle A2 BY HOWARD PEARRE “A Republic ... if you can keep it,” said Benja- min Franklin when some one in the Philadelphia crowd shouted out asking what the founding fathers had created. Last November, mil lions of Americans did their part and We, The People, kept our republic. The Grand Experiment in democracy was tested, and in spite of a violent mob’s attack on the Capitol on January 6, Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. The 159 million citi zens who voted, includ ing more than 5.5 million North Carolinians, helped choose a new path for the country. In less than two years, the Grand Experiment will be tested again. After spring primaries that are scheduled for March 8, 2022 (less than a year from now), every congressional seat in the country, includ ing 13 in North Carolina (or possibly 14, depending on 2020 Census apportion ment) and one ofthe state’s U.S. Senate seats, will be on the line. Citizens will flock to the polls or mail in witnessed ballots. ; their registrations assure are valid and accurate. If! you did not vote Register To Vote—Now? ing (read: “Souls To The Polls”) and makes it illegal to provide food and water to voters who have to stand in line to vote, sometimes for hours. If you think the same could not happen in North Carolina, you’ve not been paying attention. Will we keep our republic? You will get to decide, but only if you are registered to vote! Howard Pearre re tired from N.C. Vocational Rehabilitation and the in 20 20, have moved, or changed your name, now CERT AINLY is the time to chetek your status while there spill is plenty of time to tak(e corrective action. Even la move across the hall in an apartment build ing could mean trouble if your registration does not reflect the new ad- dress, time to membi' It is also a good check with family rs, neighbors, and The country will choose either to continue moving forward or to re verse its direction; how ever, only citizens who are registered will be able to have a say about that di rection. We need only look back to 2016 to see the di sastrous consequences of an unwise choice. If you voted in 2020, you probably are regis tered to vote in 2022. Even so, now is a good time to check your registration sta tus to be sure. There is no reason to doubt the integ rity of our state and county elections boards and pro cesses based on their per formance in 2020, but in dividual voters still have ultimate responsibility to friends' at church, work, or school to spread the word about checking their regis trations. During the 2020 election, much was said about voting being sup pressed, particularly for targeted groups. Power ful interests throughout the country tried mightily to do exactly that. Many of these strategies failed, but only because deter mined citizens persisted and demanded to fulfill their duties and privileges to vote. Sadly, however, many citizens played into the hands of those interests and voluntarily suppressed their own votes by failing to register and/or cast their ballots. The campaign to sup press voting in the 2022 election is gaining steam in state legislatures through out the country. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp recently signed into law a bill that allows county boards to eliminate Sunday vot- 7,500 appointments available at joint vaccination event planned for April 10 SUBMITTED ARTICLE Forsyth County Department of Public Health, Nov- ant Health, and Wake Forest Baptist Health will hold a mass COVID-19 vaccination event for individuals 18 years of age and older on Saturday, April 10. The event will be held at two locations: the Winston-Salem Fair grounds Education Building and Novant Health’s mass vaccination site at Hanes Mall. Appointments for Fairgrounds, 414 Deacon Blvd., are now available at https://beatcovid.wakehealth. edu/preregistrationWSFG410.cfm. Appointments at No vant Health’s Hanes Mall location can be scheduled at GetVaccinated.org. Forsyth Public Health, Novant Health and Wake For est Baptist Health are also scheduling first dose appoint ments during the week for their normal vaccine opera tions using other vaccines. On Saturday, April 10, approximately 7,500 dos es will be available from a shipment the three organiza tions received of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vac cine, which is a single shot vaccine. All three vaccines that are now available are built on years of research and have been proven to be effective in preventing hospital izations and deaths. It’s important for those who book an appointment to- either attend the appointment or to cancel or resched ule at least two hours ahead of time so staff can schedule someone else. Those who need to cancel should follow the instructions in their appointment confirmation email. Vaccinations are the best way to contain CO VID-19 and protect against the disease. Currently, 23% of For syth County residents 18 years of age and older have been fully vaccinated. On Wednesday, April 7, every adult in North Carolina will be eligible to get the vac cine. www.wschronicle.com 1300 E. Fifth St., Winston Salem, N.C. 27101 Main Phone Number: 336-722-8624 Advertising: Ext. 113 Circulation/Subscriptions: Ext. 100 Editor: Ext. 108 Department of Veterans Affairs. He is a former precinct chief Judge with Forsyth County Board of Elections and has provided voter registration training sessions. He is a member of the Winston-Salem Writ ers. How to check or update your registra tion See Vote on A8 FEED THE FAMILY ONLY $10 mea^JP^^ FoomuoN CONTACTING THE CHRONICLE To send news items: email news@wschronicle.com To send a Letter to the Editor (350 words or less) or column (550 words or less): email letters@wschronicle.com For advertising: email adv@wschronicle.com For subscriptions: email office@wschronicle.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/WSChron- icle Follow us on Twitter: WS Chronicle The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Chronicle Media Group, LLC, 1300 E. 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