Sociology

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Voting today has turned into a big conflict. Between trying to get the young people to vote, and all the absentee ballots that certain states are having. I certainly do believe that voting is important to do at a young age, or at any age. For the youth of the nation to vote, the leaders of today are going to need to get out there and pressure them to vote. There are many problems today that arise with voting and the young voting. I believe that if I could understand everything a little bit better than I would be more likely to vote.
Many problems arise today with voting itself. First of all when the youth look at the ballots today they don’t understand what they are voting for and what to already know. From this I believe that is where all our absentee ballots are coming from. The leaders of today need to get out there and explain to the youth what exactly they are voting for and what they need to know to vote today. Instead of just telling them to vote, they need to explain this in a =n easy and understanding way. Explain what the amendments are for, and who they should vote for in congress and the supreme court as well.
The youth today doesn’t get into to voting for two good reasons. First of all, they aren’t shown any reason to vote seeing that the leaders of today don’t get out there and bring themselves down to our level. The second reason is that they don’t understand what’s on the ballots in the first place. If the people running would bring themselves to a concert or a sports game and talked to the young, they would become more appealing. Also they need to sit down and find ways for the young to understand what exactly they are voting for. They need to explain what each amendment is for and who each of the people on congress and the supreme court are. Also the sheriffs also need to reach out to the youth also.
When I look at voting myself, these are all the reasons I might not have wanted to vote. Not very man...