Story highlights Gov. Bill Weld: Gary Johnson and I are honest, centrist, and citizen-servants

Johnson/Weld ticket is "for civic virtue and good government," he says

Gov. Bill Weld (@GovBillWeld) is the Libertarian party vice presidential nominee. He is the former Governor of Massachusetts. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.

(CNN) All of your life, you've probably been told that if you don't vote, you have no right to complain. After all, in our democracy, voting isn't just the way we choose among politicians. It's the way we empower and symbolically sustain our leaders.

If you're thinking to yourself that you don't want to sustain either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, then consider: There is an honorable alternative.

Gov. Bill Weld

Gary Johnson and I are running as credible, proven and capable political leaders. We are on the ballot in all 50 states . Your vote can make a difference -- and not just because who you vote for matters to you.

You can show your support for civic virtue and good government by voting Johnson/Weld. We believe that America deserves better than the choices being offered by the major parties. And nine newspapers agree with us.

"[Hillary] Clinton's vision of ever-expanding government is in such denial of our national debt crisis as to be fanciful," the Chicago Tribune wrote in endorsing our ticket, after criticizing Donald Trump as "a man not fit to be president of the United States." Furthermore, wrote the Tribune, "Today's Hillary Clinton, unlike yesteryear's, renounces many of Bill Clinton's priorities: freer trade, spending discipline, light regulation and private sector growth to generate jobs and tax revenues."