Please tell me you’ve registered. Please tell me you’ll be at the polls tomorrow, or that you’ve already voted by early ballot. Without being overdramatic, I am begging and pleading you to make your vote count tomorrow.

This race is not over yet - and as we near the final hours and the polls show the race tightening, I feel my hope and my fear building at the same time. This cannot be a repeat of the last two elections, too much has changed, too much has been lost, too much is at stake.

This country, my adopted homeland, needs change - not just as Obama’s buzzword - but at the very core. It’s not just the results of this election - although I believe they matter more than I possibly have words to express. We need change at the root of our values and our outlook and our sense of responsibility and ownership of the issues that plague humanity, that divide and separate, that threaten and tear apart.

I believe that I live in a country that wants to come together more than it wants to tear itself apart. I believe I live in a country that, in its heart and soul, respects and accepts and wants to welcome everyone as equal. I believe I live in a country where change is possible and where the actions of one person can change history. And I don’t just mean Barack Obama. I mean YOU.

YES. WE. CAN.