As you prepare to fill out your ballot, take three deep breaths. Then recite the following prayer:
May it be Your will,
God of our ancestors,
Divine spirit who makes change and
inspires change,
that You accompany us as we carry out
our civic duty to vote,
to concern ourselves with the fate of
our community,
for we are all responsible for one another.
May it be Your will that all endowed with the
right to vote recognize their power,
exercise their power;
that You bless the work of our hands,
striving to build a world that honors Your
creations, every one
made B’tzelem Elothim, in Your image;
that You grant us the wisdom
to choose holiness,
to choose love,
to choose life.
Blessed are You God, who hears our prayer,
who spreads over us a sukkah, a voting booth,
of peace.