Our Founding Fathers were well aware that a dishonest and disturbed man or woman would occupy the White House from time to time.

They gave us a constitutional auto-immune system to help us survive our mistakes, with the ballot box being our first and most powerful line of defense.

This year’s mid-term elections are only months away — thirty-seven states and D.C. offer early voting.

It’s important to verify your voter registration now. A remarkable number of properly registered citizens have been wrongly purged from voter rolls. Deliberate voter suppression is a fact of life. almost exclusively in Republican-controlled jurisdictions.

Simply search online for your state’s election board to find a website or a number to call. I was able to verify my status in less than 4 minutes.