I need to prepare a speech for a community meeting. The speech should encourage people to participate in local elections. Please help me craft it. The speech should contain at least 3 paragraphs. Paragraphs are separated with the markdown divider: ***. Highlight at least 2 sections in your answer with markdown, i.e., *highlighted section*. Include the keywords: *democracy*, *community*, *vote*. In your response, the word *participation* should appear at least 3 times. At the end of your response, please explicitly add a postscript starting with *P.S.*.
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