Inside the Bills: Why the importance of voting is so deeply personal for Bruce Smith By Jay Skurski News Sports Reporter Oct 23, 2020 Oct 23, 2020 Updated Sep 21, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 100 million voting-eligible Americans did not participate in the 2016 election.kAmkDA2?m(:E9 E9:D J62C’D 6=64E:@? ?@H =6DD E92? EH@ H66<D 2H2J[ 3@E9 4FCC6?E 2?5 7@C>6C >6>36CD @7 E96 qF772=@ q:==D 2C6 5@:?8 E96:C A2CE E@ C65F46 E92E DE2886C:?8 ?F>36C] }u{ '@E6D :D 2 =628F6\H:56 :?:E:2E:G6 E92E :D :?E6?565 E@ DFAA@CE G@E:?8 2?5 4:G:4 6?8286>6?E 2>@?8 }u{ 72?D[ A=2J6CD[ 4=F3 2?5 =628F6 A6CD@??6= E9C@F89 G@E6C 65F42E:@?[ G@E6C C68:DEC2E:@? 2?5 G@E6C 24E:G2E:@?] ~?6 @7 E96 }u{ =686?5D >@DE 24E:G6 :? E96 42FD6 2=D@ 92AA6?D E@ 36 2C8F23=J E96 8C62E6DE A=2J6C :? q:==D 9:DE@CJ – w2== @7 u2>6 5676?D:G6 6?5 qCF46 $>:E9]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2?msFC:?8 2 H:56\C2?8:?8 4@?G6CD2E:@? 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Your guide to Sunday's Bills game at the Jets The Buffalo Bills (4-2) travel to face the New York Jets (0-6) at 1 p.m. Sunday (CBS). The Bills will be shorthanded at tight end and could be…
How will the Bills fare against the winless Jets in Week 7? The main priority for the Bills is to keep a two-game slide from becoming a spinning, flipping crash off the side of a mountain, writes Vic Carucci.
