Project: Voters Engage

Project: Voters Engage

Introduction

According to data gathered by The United States Election Project, only 50.7% of Colorado's voting-eligible population (VEP) exercised their constitutional right to vote in the 2010 General Elections. This is a shocking number that raises one question: Why are almost half of our citizens choosing not to vote when the state of country is so fragile? One reason comes to mind immediately; we aren't educated enough on the issues. As students, the Front Range student body is in a unique position to help educate our community, make sure more voices are heard and to make a real difference. Creating a free voters' workshop for our community would be an effective start to tackling this problem.

Problem Description

The general consensus of the citizens of this country, no matter what the political party, is that they are unhappy with the direction that the nation is headed. People are quick to voice their opinions on the economy and job market, this candidate or that candidate, and complain about how things aren't getting better. With all this complaining there is a need for action but as stated before only about half of the people in our state that can vote are actually making it to the polls and trying to help work towards a change. I think that a large reason behind the lack of voter turnout is an under-educated population that lacks the confidence in their stances because the don't have proper resources to be fully informed. With the current state of our economy many people work longer hours and/or multiple job just to make ends meet and provide for their families. That time consuming resposibility doesn't often leave much time to study political issues and form educated opinions. We are the future of this country and we need to do all we can to ensure a change.

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