03-02-2016, 05:02 PM
(03-02-2016, 04:51 PM)michaelsean Wrote: It seems the majority of people not voting are choosing not to. That's their right, and I don't feel anything needs to be done about it. There are lots of rights people choose not to exercise.
I can see that attitude, but to me there are things that make voting more difficult than it ought to be. I have to use vacation time to vote if I want to actually eat dinner at a reasonable time when it comes to major elections, for instance.
I know there are a lot of people that don't vote because they don't want to, which is fine. Often it's because of being disillusioned with the current political climate. Politikverdrossenheit, if you will. But that won't stop me from trying to promote change. Making it easier to vote is a good thing because voting should be the most accessible thing a citizen can do. Making voting easier is just one among many things that we should be looking at to make this a country of the people once again.
