Time to vote
Lindsey Hirsch
Issue date: 9/19/08 Section: News
Democracy is a concept that requires action. In our present society, this action is delivered by the means of voting. As United States citizens, we take for granted the privilege of the right to vote; you may be unaware, but there are people in other countries around the world who are not as fortunate as we are and who just don't have this privilege. Some of them fight and die for the opportunity to voice their opinions.
So what are you doing to be politically active in this election? Sitting in your dorm room cruising Facebook or ichating with your friends from home? Well that's all good; but are you registered to vote? There are an estimated fifteen million students attending college this fall; of those fifteen million, it is supposed that only half or more may be registered to vote.
Florida has a voice, Rollins! In case you don't remember the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, in which a recount was demanded, Florida played a significant role in the outcome of that presidential election and will also be an important player in this election. With roughly twenty-five electoral votes, you can be damn sure that we are going to be heard.
A lot of students are uneducated in the issues that are hot topics in this current presidential election. Therefore, those who are registered to vote will cast their ballot mainly on their own personal judgment on the charisma and personality of a certain candidate without even knowing what that candidate may stand for.
It's not too late to register to vote! The Florida Division of Elections declares that one must be registered to vote twenty-nine days before an election in order to actually vote. The closing date for this presidential race to the White House is Monday, October 6th, 2008. That leaves you with about half of a month, Rollins students!
About once a week, there are members from the Obama campaign on campus who set up at a table outside the Cornell Campus Center and register Rollins students to vote. If you are a college student away from home and are not registered in the voting district here in Winter Park, request an absentee ballot so your voice can be heard, or change your voter's registration to this district; if you wish to change your voting address to Rollins, just allow for a ten day turnover process.
A poll conducted between September 1 and September 7, 2008 by the Gallup organization illustrates that 60% of young people favor Barack Obama over John McCain's 32%. If you're not pleased with this poll, then be a patriot by invoking your democratic privilege to vote. Your choice does count.
With a woman and an African American having battled it out for the Democratic nomination in the primaries, and a woman running as the Vice Presidential candidate for the Republican Party, it is no question that no matter what, this election season will go down in the history books that your children may one day read. So ditch your political apathy so you can be a part of this exciting era in our nation's history.
Register to vote…I dare you.
So what are you doing to be politically active in this election? Sitting in your dorm room cruising Facebook or ichating with your friends from home? Well that's all good; but are you registered to vote? There are an estimated fifteen million students attending college this fall; of those fifteen million, it is supposed that only half or more may be registered to vote.
Florida has a voice, Rollins! In case you don't remember the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, in which a recount was demanded, Florida played a significant role in the outcome of that presidential election and will also be an important player in this election. With roughly twenty-five electoral votes, you can be damn sure that we are going to be heard.
A lot of students are uneducated in the issues that are hot topics in this current presidential election. Therefore, those who are registered to vote will cast their ballot mainly on their own personal judgment on the charisma and personality of a certain candidate without even knowing what that candidate may stand for.
It's not too late to register to vote! The Florida Division of Elections declares that one must be registered to vote twenty-nine days before an election in order to actually vote. The closing date for this presidential race to the White House is Monday, October 6th, 2008. That leaves you with about half of a month, Rollins students!
About once a week, there are members from the Obama campaign on campus who set up at a table outside the Cornell Campus Center and register Rollins students to vote. If you are a college student away from home and are not registered in the voting district here in Winter Park, request an absentee ballot so your voice can be heard, or change your voter's registration to this district; if you wish to change your voting address to Rollins, just allow for a ten day turnover process.
A poll conducted between September 1 and September 7, 2008 by the Gallup organization illustrates that 60% of young people favor Barack Obama over John McCain's 32%. If you're not pleased with this poll, then be a patriot by invoking your democratic privilege to vote. Your choice does count.
With a woman and an African American having battled it out for the Democratic nomination in the primaries, and a woman running as the Vice Presidential candidate for the Republican Party, it is no question that no matter what, this election season will go down in the history books that your children may one day read. So ditch your political apathy so you can be a part of this exciting era in our nation's history.
Register to vote…I dare you.
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