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    Brad CarpsNov 10, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    Making a difference in young voter turnout is more complicated than simply nominating candidates we like or who represent us. Ballots are full of deceptive, confusing language. Voting itself is optional and time-consuming. Representatives lack power to institute meaningful structural change, even though they run on optimistic platforms of such promises. Young voters should be expected to be pessimistic. Instead of showing idiotic celebrities, perhaps a “this is how not voting impacts you” campaign would be more useful. For example: the elderly tend to vote most, and candidates pay the most attention to the loudest voter blocs. Thus, most do not care about issues that affect ARC students, such as rising college costs and Pell grant cuts.

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