Editor:
I read Alex Lee’s column Nov. 1 column, “Spice Up Annual Election with November Madness,” and I couldn’t agree more!
The truly sad thing is that a majority of eligible Americans choose not to vote in election years. My question is, why? If you put it into perspective, those that don’t vote are letting others that do vote vote for them.
In other words, those who vote get three times as much voting power, so it is as if they vote three times, as if to fill in a ballot for the no shows.
In a country where power is not an issue taken lightly, where many complain that the wealthy have too much power, why would so many effectively turn their power over to someone they don’t know, or who won’t vote for the “right” people?
If those citizens who have the right to vote but choose not to exercise it were to show up to the polls, imagine the impact this would make on our government, especially if more support came in for lesser parties or lower-income citizens (as I estimate that most of the non-voters are middle to lower class working citizens.) Those parties might actually gain respect, or office. Poorer people would re-gain power and support, and everyone’s vote would “count” for once.
Voting is the American way of overthrowing government.
Don’t like your leaders? Well, don’t think that just not voting at all will get them out of office, because who knows who is “filling out” your ballot?
VOTE on Election Day!
Tijs Limburg
Sophomore, Electrical Engineering and Music Composition