Persuasive Essay
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I have long had a fantasy about voting, one I think many people have as they consider the process and their own place in it. I imagine that the election is truly a dead heat, with the same number of votes for each candidate, and my vote is the one that decides the matter. I have never seen an election that close, nor even heard of one. It might happen in a club with 20 or 30 members, but not in a city, a state, or a federal election. Yet, the fantasy persists, and it continues because we all want to feel that when we vote, it really makes a difference. We believe we could see that difference in a really close vote. Every once in a while an election comes along that really is close, so that a candidate wins by a few hundred votes, and then the media says, "See, your vote does count." And when they say that, we know it is because we all suspect that our vote does not count. And on election day, as we drag ourselves away from whatever we are doing and start for the polls, we are probably asking ourselves, "Would it make any difference if I stayed home? Would anyone even notice?"So, the issue is, why should I vote? Voting is an opportunity--in a democracy, we have the right to vote, but we are not required to vote. Presumably, we vote because we expect to achieve something by doing so. Voting is an opportunity our forefathers fought for and many of our ancestors died to protect. We know it is of great value, and we know it is much prized by those who ach
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r friends and neighbors. We see people there we may not see the rest of the year, and when we see them, we know they are doing the same thing we are--exercising their right to vote. Our ability to vote restores our sense of community in the United States and should not be denied.
It is clear that our leaders, both political and opinion leaders from a variety of fields, consider voting a vitally important democratic exercise. After all, they take every opportunity to exhort us to vote on television, from the pulpit in our legislatures, and through other media. Television and movie stars make commercials to tell us how important it is to vote. We hear this message a thousand times in an election cycle. And deep down, we all know this is important even if we tell ourselves it is not.
Our legislators work to bring more people into the process, as was attempted recently with the legislation known as Motor Voter. The purpose of this legislation was to make it easier for citizens to register to vote by permitting those eligible to register at the same time they apply for a driver's license or other types of permits, such as a hunting or marriage license. The bill also allowed registration through the mail. States are require
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Approximate Word count = 2276
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)
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