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Show k - - You have a right to knoW who the people are that are serving in government of. flees. Political power caii have a tremendous influence on the value of your earning earn-ing power, the place where you live, and the types of i schools your children attend. at-tend. You hold the power to elect people to government govern-ment offices, and candidates must ask you to vote for them. So important is the information about candidates that you receive from a free press, that Chief JusticeAr-thur JusticeAr-thur J. Vanderbuilt, of the U.S. Supreme Court said in 1951: "Honest elections, unbought by money, jobs, or promises, and an intelligent, . educated, and vigilant electorate elec-torate are as essential to the survival of a representative represen-tative republican government govern-ment as are peace within the country and security from enemies abroad." |