Ten Terrible Reason to not Vote (and two good ones)

andthisisausername:

For Americans who are eligible to vote:

1. “I don’t want to get jury duty!”   Being registered to vote has nothing to do with jury duty.  Anyone who pays taxes can get jury duty.
2. “I don’t want to vote for the lesser of two evils!”   Stated wonderfully here: not voting for the lesser of two evils is like giving half a vote for the greater of two evils.  Sometimes, you get to vote on the greater of two goods.
3. “I don’t know how to vote, or who to vote for!”  With the internet, learning about local issues is now extremely easy, and no longer time-consuming.  Also using the internet, you can learn how to vote, when to register.  If you don’t know if you’re registered, look it up here.
4. “I don’t really care.”  Perfectly acceptable.  If you don’t care, don’t vote.
5. “Elections are controlled by the rich!”  Corperations get fewer votes than you, and millionaires get the same amount.  Millionaires can change the vote, however, because most of them actually vote.
6. “I physically can’t get to the polls.”  Absentee voting is annoying, but it exists.
7. “Politics is eating my soul.”  Politics now seem to be about scaring people and raising hell and anxiety in the population.  The gridlock is annoying.  People care more about personal attacks than actual issues.  The only way to change this is to vote away from partisanship.
8. “It’s not even a democracy.”  Yes it is.  Every American citizen can vote unless special circumstances forbid it.  It could be more representative, but you know how to change that?  You vote.
9. “My vote doesn’t matter.”  IF EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO USES THIS EXCUSE VOTES ONE TUESDAY EVERY TWO YEARS THEY WOULD LITERALLY BE THE DECIDING VOTE IN THOUSANDS OF ELECTIONS.

People born after 1980 make up 30% of people who can vote.  Only 21% of them vote.

  If you’re not voting, no one is hearing your voice.

Ten Terrible Reason to not Vote (and two good ones)