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We need to get the vote out of the 30-40% range and move it up to 95-100%. For the life of me, I cannot understand why people do not get out and vote. Most of the people in this country have been hurt by the current administration, yet most of the country will not get off their collective dead butts and DO something about it.
Of course, this leads to the second major debate of the voter turnout problem; most of those that complain, are the ones that refuse to take the few minutes it takes to cast a ballot. The collective laziness of the American voter leads us into a situation where less than 50% of the voters in America make the most important decisions? We are our own worst enemies!
I do not, of course, speak of those here at DU, I can rest assured that 100% of those at this site that are able to, will vote next Nov. However, I do believe, we should be working at the Grass Roots level to ensure that people get out to vote, and we should also be active in ensuring that polling places be free of tactics that infringe on the rights and privacy of the voter. When I worked at the polls in AZ, there were no cameras allowed in the polling places; there were no people pressing the voters outside of the polling places to challenge who they would vote for, electioneering was banned for 100 feet around the polling place. These are tactics used by the GOP, and they need to be challenged at every turn. If someone, other than the press came in into a polling place where I worked at, and began to film people, they would have been arrested immediately. To ensure that people are not badgered, it was imperative to have members from both major parties as poll workers. I never saw a problem in any polling place where I worked, and turnout was pretty darn good!
It all comes down to case #1, getting out the vote. #2 is the case with BBV and a paper trail, and that is becoming a national issue.
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