But it's up to us to make our vote heard.
But let's be smart when we check that ballot, and make our vote count toward making our future more prosperous and safe for women and men alike.
They are officially obsolete," says Greg Miller of the TrustTheVote Project, an initiative to make our voting system accurate, verifiable, transparent, and secure.
I believe there are other places in the world, some far away, and some close to home, to consider before we make our vote.
An elaborately structured plan to eliminate voters who had not been active in years (similar to a move Gregory Peck made when he was president in 1970) led to predictable cries of ageism from those who feared losing their voting privileges and the response from Boone Isaacs that "our goal is to make our voting body reflective of filmmaking professionals who are active today".
There is no more powerful way to make our voices heard on voting issues than by exercising our right to vote.
"We just participated in something huge: we pulled the levers to make our one vote count," he said, referring to the recent presidential election.
We who pay their salaries, as well as those presidential candidates, of both parties, who hunger for our votes, must make our position known on violating privacy laws, and obtaining our personal information without a warrant.
We need to really study and question each of the candidates' positions on women's issues and make our voice heard through our vote.
If we want real women – wrinkles and all – on screen, and I don't see why not, then when broadcasters experiment, as they now will, we just have to make our preferences clear, by voting (or not), with our remote control.
