Why Do We Vote on Tuesday?
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Today, we are an urban society, and we all know how hard it is to get through a busy schedule, let alone stand on lines to vote. Census data over the last decade clearly indicates that the inconvenience of voting is the primary reason Americans are not participating in our elections.
If we can move Columbus Day, Presidents? Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr.?s Holiday for the convenience of shoppers, why not make Election Day more convenient for the sake of voters?
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Kemstone
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That's a great point--one I haven't really thought about much. This may just be my cynicism talking, but I think they won't change the date because those in power don't WANT voting to be convenient. For all the of their talk about increasing voter turnout, the major parties are still controlled by big corporations whose interests are usually at odds with those of the public. They are increasing their wealth and power at our expense, and we just let them do it because we can't be bothered with the hassle of voting. The more inconvenient it is for us, and the less of us who actually go through the trouble of making it to the polls to vote (with no guarantee that the Diebold machine is actually going to count it), the better it is for them and they know it.
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