We recalled recently the images of Afghan women, liberated from the Taliban, voting in 2004. We searched the internet and found many, many photos of the previously repressed women lined up and waiting patiently for a chance to express themselves in their government … and proudly holding up their inked fingers. No more. They lost their right to vote and their increasing participation in the government and in education when the Taliban returned to rule Afghanistan in 2021. Repression returned with a vengeance. That’s why it is important for every qualified American citizen not only to cherish his or her right to vote, but to exercise it as well. We are a government where the majority chooses the course. Tuesday, Nov. 3, is our next opportunity to shape the nation. The First District Incumbent Republican Rob Wittman is facing, by all accounts, his stiffest opposition yet from Shannon Taylor, a Democrat. Wittman has represented the First District, of which Gloucester and Mathews are a part...