I keep hearing we are a divided nation. But it is not divided in two. It is three, or more. There are far-right and far-left extremists. And there are the rest of us in the middle. We are in the majority, and we should start getting involved and making our position heard.

The majority of us: want women to have the right to determine what happens to their bodies; want term limits for all politicians including Supreme Court justices; want a flat tax where individuals and businesses are taxed the same percentage; support the right to bear arms but want tighter gun control laws and don’t want assault rifles in the hands of non-military citizens; want to see ranked choice voting across the board to welcome new parties to the table without the risk of losing our vote.

Please get involved. Let us write our representatives at the national, state, and local level, and let them know where we stand on these issues and that we will vote them out if they do not start representing us. Get out and vote!!!

Joe Fougere

Colchester