Fred Portnoy: A vote for Joe Biden is a vote for democracy

To the Daily Sun,

Like you, I am being inundated with mailings to write-in Joe Biden. You are wondering, “what’s the big deal?” since the Democratic National Committee has written off New Hampshire this year. I suppose that the big deal about the New Hampshire primary was never about the delegates going to the nominating convention, but rather about the buzz created for the winner of the first-in-the-nation primary. As such, we do still matter.

Next question, is it necessary to be wildly enthusiastic about candidate Joe Biden? Not this year, because this year, a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for democracy and the survival of the American experiment in self governing. So, as all those glossy mailers are trying to tell us, it is essential that we get to the polls (or pick up our absentee ballots) and write in Joe Biden for president. I have even heard advice that, even if you are only eligible to pick up a Republican ballot, you also write in Joe Biden, because, again, this year, a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for the survival of democracy. See you at the polls on Jan. 23!

Fred Portnoy

Canterbury