Inadequate Voter Registration

The voting rate in America has been very low the past few elections. There are many reasons people feel that people aren’t going to the polls to vote. For example so people believe that its because the people running for positions of power aren’t the the best so nobody votes. Other people believe that its or right as Americans to go to the polls on election day. Forcing People to go vote on election day is not democratic because we are given the freedom to do what we want.

The civic issue that my point of view has changed on is the 1st speaker’s issue for the second speaker’s corner reflection. The speaker’s issue is that more Canadians need to vote. He states that only about 60% of the citizens voted in the last federal election. He also continues and says that if 60% of the population is voting for a government that is representing 100% of the population, you can’t really call that a truly democratically elected government anymore. By having more people to vote, we can have a government that represents our country the best since everyone’s opinions are considered. This can allow our country to develop into an even greater country. The speaker suggests that Canada should introduce some form of mandatory voting legislation to encourage people to vote. This civics issue is important to all Canadian citizens because our government represents 100% of the Canadian population. This is also another

Mandatory voting in America should be implied in the political system. Countries such as Australia and Belgium have already enforced this law on its people, and have had great results in the increasing turnout of voters going to polls. In excess of seventy years in Australia, voters have been obliged to appear to survey Election Day. Disappointment to show up causes a fine of up to fifteen dollars. Australian races since mandatory voting was implemented the turnout has reached an amount of ninety percent and above. Australian citizens have gotten use to showing up to polls and voting that it is a common obligation in their lives. (Ornstein) Based on this statistic mandatory voting has a clear effect. It raises participation rates this would also prompt more Americans to pay attention to which candidate to vote for. Mandatory voting will help change the political system of the United States, which will lead to different political culture and ultimately increase voter-turnout. As well as engage the citizens of our nation to vote who they feel is necessary. Money is also a big issue in becoming a president or even getting people to notice a candidate. Billions of dollars go into these campaigns, but if mandatory voting was enforced, this would lower the amount of money spent tremendously candidates can focus on debates and talk about a right path for our nation. Overall, mandatory voting would create a stronger, smarter, and more democratic United States of America.

Voter suppression happens everywhere around the world. As an immigrant this topic seemed so interesting because I always thought of voter suppression as something that may just happen in a third world country. In a dictatorship country government is not afraid to let the nation know that although there is a voting but ultimately they are the ones who decide the fate of everyone. After watching the videos and reading the assignments I realized that voter suppression/fraud can happen in many shapes and forms. It could be done without any physical violence or any obvious act but it still can do the same amount of damage to a nation. Voter suppression in a nation like America that is supposedly one the freest countries politically has to happen a lot smoother and a lot less obvious that one in a dictatorship kind of government.

Freedom Summer appeared to be a voter registration project, which began in 1964. From passage of the Civil Rights Act to the expansion blacks voting in the south, it took time to achieve the desired effect. Since Freedom Summer was devised in Mississippi, its goals were to help African Americans register to vote, attend to the inequality matters such as education, and address the problem of disenfranchisement. The goals for this venture looked comprehensive, although Freedom Summer succeeded in accomplishing them admirably. An approach to such task began with the federal intervention to helping African Americans get voting rights , cruising smoothly into establishment of freedom schools, and challenging Mississippi’s whites’ delegates by claiming

Rights and reponsibilities often go hand in hand. Voting is a right, yet many of us froget that it is also a big responsibility. We take it for granted, not realizing how many people in other nations are still fighting for it! Mandatory voting will affect the eligible voting citizens because it will give them a sense of duty that they have towards their nation. Compulsary voting will result in more democratic results which will also affect which political party comes into power, thus making Canada a truly democratic country.

Elections are an important event in any government because, It is through that process that the leader of the country is selected. Therefore it must be done under top security, however that is not always the case. The artist uses real life connection ,logos and ethos to develop an effective argument that vote buying still exist which infers to the idea that elections are rigged nowadays. Elections,like I previously said are of paramount importance. When we think of it , we more often than not believe that they are processed in the most legal and most equitable circumstances.

In Australia, the voter turnout is approximately 94% of the citizens who are registered vote. But while people vote, a lot are not happy with the system Paula Mathewson a political insider and commenter said on the system “"The idea that high voter turnout based on compulsory voting translates into a politically engaged electorate is nonsensical. If we moved to a voluntary system, with the level of disenchantment and disengaged voters we have now, no one would vote” (Beck, Katie, 2013). Internet voting has had success in countries like Estonia (Arthur, Charles, 2014).They have been using E-voting for municipal elections, and while it works for small elections, there are still many flaws to Internet voting. The Internet is too easily

I believe that the low voter turnout can be a good and bad thing. It allows the people that enjoy the political aspect of voting and allows the people ,that are educated on the election, vote for the best man or woman. The bad part of low voter turnout is that this means that there are not enough people out there in the United States that are educated to the point in which they can vote for the next president and so forth. The people that do not usually do not vote are young, low income, and the biggest one less educated. I believe that if you do not understand the full grasp of the election and what it can have on the future of the United States, then I would not recommend that you should vote for the next U.S. president. I would like to summarize

The IDs help from impersonation and that makes a lot of people confidence in the election process. They feel that it is important that voter’s proof of identity requirements is essential to avoid voter fraud and protect election honesty. By doing that many Americans don’t have the requirements to obtain a government voter Id because of low income. Many Americans don’t have the funds to pay for the mandatory documents needed to secure a government-issued photo ID. The people has the right to vote because its protected by more constitutional amendments. By putting restriction such as requiring Ids when many Americans can’t afford them leaving them out from voting

There are thirty states in the United States that require some form of official identification in order to register to vote and to vote for federal, state, and local elections. Voter identification laws ensure the integrity of elections by deterring impersonation fraud at the polls. Requiring a government-issued ID to vote will prevent voting under fake names or under the names of deceased voters, which according to The Pew Center of the States “more than 1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as voters”.

During the same week, I conducted voter registration drives at UNLV and registered eight students. During the month of October, I also wrote many letters to the editor on the Las Vegas Sun and the Las Vegas Review Journal regarding my opposition to the NFL stadium being built. I also attended many legislative hearings on the stadium bill that was debated in the Nevada State Legislature. Additionally, I attended a hearing regarding the stadium bill by the Clark County Commission over whether or not to fund this stadium. During these hearings, I used social media to inform our followers on Facebook and Twitter about the situation with respect to the commission’s vote on the stadium. In the same month, I helped organize a LGBT panel at UNLV that included individuals such as our Battle Born Progress Executive Director, Annette Magnus, UNLV Spectrum (student organization) Director Caitlyn Caruso, and former Nevada State Legislator, Lucy Flores. During the panel’s discussion, I took pictures of the guests and posted content on our social media pages. One of the valuable things I learned when doing live tweeting is getting the main points of each person’s discussion. While at UNLV, I used this opportunity to conduct additional voter registration drives, particularly in the student union.

There are six types of voter participation but voting is by far the most common form of political participation. People participate in elections because of their strong sense of civil duty they have but many people tend not to because political parties aren’t as forceful in getting it’s members to vote than in other places. People that vote are usually educated, older, and have a higher income, Throughout the history of the United States o America, many of the citizens have been suppressed in regarding their right to vote. Even though most of the citizens, that are old enough, are eligible to vote there is still low voter turn out. Low voter turnout is most commonly explained by apathy among citizens and problems with registration. Campaigns become more personalistic when they are for primary elections, there is a reliance on the candidate’s image, and there is decline in party identification. There is a lot of strategy involved in political campaigns. The overall strategy should be to appeal to voters in a party for that party’s nomination even if it means becoming more radical so that way you can attract the main group of that party. Once the nomination is secured it is better to have more centrist views to convince those of the opposite party whose votes are wavering, to vote for the candidate. The main reasons that

On November 8, citizens across the United States will have the opportunity to cast their vote to assist in deciding who will become the next leader of our great nation. Voter registration is a critical prerequisite, and prospective voters must understand the applicable policies and procedures of successful registration. Voting requirements may differ in each state, so it is important for a voter to be aware of these rules as well. Although Pennsylvania and Maryland voter registration and voting rules are similar in some respects, there are key differences.

Abdullah’s team accused both the IEC and Ashraf Ghani’s team in an “industrial scale” fraud and argued that the second round of the election was stolen (Latifi 2014). They further added to their argument that the eastern and southern regions of Afghanistan were hotbeds of occupancy by the Taliban and people were too afraid for their lives to come out and vote. In Khost 97.09% and in Paktia 91.9% votes were casted in favor of Ashraf Ghani (IEC website 2014). Abdullah’s team argued that that the eastern and southern provinces compared to the north and central provinces should have less percentage of voter turnout due to the security reasons in these parts of the country. However, the eastern and southern regions of the Afghanistan where Taliban were most active, these regions had voted in large numbers compared to regions where there had none or low security threats. However, Ashraf Ghani’s team argued that the high turnout in these regions were due to their excellent campaign strategies and the help from tribal leaderships on these regions (Trofimov 2014).