Why you Vote
1920, this year should ring a bell in everybody's mind. Especially in the minds of over 50% of this class. 1920 is the year that women earned the right to vote. After 75 years of struggles, fighting, defeats pain & tears Susan B. Anthony and her followers accomplished their biggest goal by persuading the U.S. Government to give women the right to vote. Then 35 yrs ago in 1965 the federal government adopted the voting Rights act to ensure access for all citizens to the ballot. Now in today's society, we take for granted the passion that many people gave to fight for our right to vote. I am here to tell you why you as an American should vote. 2 weeks ago, our nation participated in a ritual that only takes place once every 4 yrs. Some of us went to the polls and voted for the next leader of our country, the President and Vice President of the United States. Now, here we are 2 weeks, later and we still don't know who our next president will be. There are many different ideas and opinions circulating around of why this country is in such turmoil over the election. In the Miami Herald on Tuesday November 14, George Meyers suggested that not enough people voted; therefore the #'s were too close for comfort. After listening to m
The struggle for the Universal right of suffrage came gradually and in stages to the American people. Now here we are in the 21st century, as the future leaders of this nation, and it is our responsibility to ensure that our country is still for the people. Due to the lack of availability, personal grudges and un interest in the policies of the government, of those eligible to vote, only 146,211,960 took the time to register. The 1st was thaty Bush was Anti-abortion and the 2nd was that if he knew it was so close he would have voted and also gotten his friends to vote. Staying home makes sense only if thought your neighbors knew more than you did and were prepared to decide the issues in your place. If enough people thought that way before the election, then maybe this country would not be in this mess. By staying home on election day, these non-voters forfeited the opportunity to have a direct say in who runs the government & what kinds of policies will be in place *and beyond that, they turned over their decisions to those who did vote. Then in the 1960 presidential election, an additional one vote per percent in Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey & Texas may have altered the course of America's modern history by denying John F. In this day and age just about everything is available on the internet and For the web surfers you can register at Election. At many universities there are clubs such as the Young Democrats and the Young Republicans. *In 1850, California was admitted into the union by just one vote. And out of those registered only 96,456, 345 people made it to the polls to cast their vote and have a voice.
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