VOTE

I am shocked at the voter turnout in the United States of America. We complain about a useless Congress yet few people go to the polls to vote the incompetent members of Congress out. I have done some research and found out that 58 countries in the world have a higher voter turnout than the US. This is unacceptable.

I think it should be taught in school the importance of voting. We live in a country where over 90% of the elections are determined by how much money the candidate spends. Our elections should not be bought by the highest bidder. We need to get more and more younger voters to vote. It is my feeling that if you don't vote then don't complain.

In the 2008 presidential election only 57.5% of voting age people voted. That was the highest percentage in many years but it is still to low. It needs to be made easier for people to vote, not harder like much state legislation has done in the past few years.

I think people should be able to register and vote online. This is the 21st century, why are we still  doing things like we did in the old days. I also feel the electoral college should be done away with. Why in a world of high technology can a candidate win the popular vote and still loose the presidential election? This is wrong, wrong, wrong.

Big money needs to get out of politics. Billionaires should not be allowed to spend millions of dollars on the candidates that they want elected. I think every candidate should be limited to the same amount of public money to spend on the race and no more. Some other countries do this.

I don't care if you are a democrat, a republican, or independent, people need to vote. Several years ago I changed from a registered democrat to unaffiliated. I vote for people of opposite parties and I will continue to do so. The important thing is to vote, vote, vote and make up your own choice. Don't make your decision on false advertising paid for by the super rich of the US.


Copyright  Larry W. Fish   2015

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