Low Voter Turnout
Voter turnout exceeded 60% in the Presidential election. In local elections it seldom exceeds 25%.
The question always arises how to increase voter participation.
Student political apathy cannot be solved with one simple bill or one campaign. However, Student Senate is taking a step in the right direction by attempting to lessen the intensity of campaigning. By putting limits on campaign activities, Student Senate has created a balance between suffocating voters with too much information and allowing candidates to still get their message out.
Not only will this bill improve voter turnout by lessening campaign activity, but the new legislation will also encourage candidates to spend less time on petty advertising and more on addressing student concerns.
Because candidates now have restrictions on campaigning, they will be forced to focus more on discussing issues and answering questions than on campaign slogans.
Campus political involvement should be a priority to students during their college careers. Many reasons exist as to why students do not participate in campus politics, and it would be impossible to address all the issues at once.
However, one reason students might not vote is because they feel overwhelmed and annoyed by campaign activities, and therefore are turned off from voting.
Interesting. (We will ignore the First Amendment Rights issue.)
They are banning certain campaign activities because the students are “overwhelmed and annoyed” and thus turned off from voting.
Maybe if we didn’t allow Presidential candidates to campaign the turnout would reach 80% or higher?
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