[Vision2020] Voter turnout
DonovArn@aol.com
DonovArn@aol.com
Mon, 5 Jan 2004 05:37:13 EST
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In a message dated 1/5/2004 1:13:24 AM Pacific Standard Time,
fueledbyramen@hotmail.com writes:
No. And thats not true. Close, but no cigar.
Voting age population (Census Bureau Population Survey for Nov. 2000):
205,815,000
Percentage of voting age population casting a vote for president(2000
election): 51.3%
Actually, the number of people that vote that can vote or would like to vote
but cannot is really high.
205,000,000 million only meet the age requirement to vote. There are more
requirements to vote than this.
1)You must be US citizen. Many people are not US Citizens.
2)You cannot be a convicted felon. Many people have been. We have 5 million
in prison alone, not counting people in our society and no longer in jail.
3)You must reside in a state for more than 30-90 days (depending on the
state). 1/7 of the population moves every year. In addition, people moving into an
area have not yet taken the time to reregister to vote even if they have met
the residential requirements for registering.
4) The homeless. Go and try to vote without giving an address. It is tough.
5) Transportation problems.
6) They work all day on Tuesday.
7) They have a difficult time standing in line, or have small children and it
is cold outside.
8) The mentally disabled, or those without the mental abilities to cast a
vote in the election.
When these factors are taken into account the voter turnout is pretty high.
Most people do vote at least once in a 4 year time period. Some people vote
every year. Some people vote every 2 years, and some people only vote every four
years. It is not the same 50% of the people that vote in the elections. It is
more like 25% vote in every election and 50% vote half the time and another
10% cannot vote because they are not allowed. Only about 15-20% of the US
Population never votes and most of them are under 30 and will vote when they get
older.
I think the whole "only half the people vote" is such a misunderstanding of
the system and people.
In Latah, we have nearly 19,000 registered voters. All have voted in the last
4 year. We have a population of about 33,000. Count out children, UI students
voting in their home towns, and felons, how many do you think we have that
don't vote? We cannot have more than maybe 4,000 people out of 33,000 that could
but do not ever vote.
Donovan J Arnold
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/5/2004 1:13:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, fueledbyr=
amen@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20=
2px solid"><FONT face=3DArial>No. And thats not true. Close, but no cigar.<B=
R>Voting age population (Census Bureau Population Survey for Nov. 2000): <BR=
>205,815,000<BR>Percentage of voting age population casting a vote for presi=
dent(2000 <BR>election): 51.3%</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Actually, the number of people that vote that can vote or would like to=
vote but cannot is really high.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>205,000,000 million only meet the age requirement to vote. There are mo=
re requirements to vote than this.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1)You must be US citizen. Many people are not US Citizens.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2)You cannot be a convicted felon. Many people have been. We have 5 mil=
lion in prison alone, not counting people in our society and no longer in ja=
il.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3)You must reside in a state for more than 30-90 days (depending on the=
state). 1/7 of the population moves every year. In addition, peop=
le moving into an area have not yet taken the time to reregister to vote eve=
n if they have met the residential requirements for registering.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4) The homeless. Go and try to vote without giving an address. It is to=
ugh.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5) Transportation problems.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6) They work all day on Tuesday.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>7) They have a difficult time standing in line, or have small children=20=
and it is cold outside.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>8) The mentally disabled, or those without the mental abilities to cast=
a vote in the election.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>When these factors are taken into account the voter turnout is pretty h=
igh. Most people do vote at least once in a 4 year time period. Some people=20=
vote every year. Some people vote every 2 years, and some people only v=
ote every four years. It is not the same 50% of the people that vote in the=20=
elections. It is more like 25% vote in every election and 50% vote half the=20=
time and another 10% cannot vote because they are not allowed. Only about 15=
-20% of the US Population never votes and most of them are under 30 and will=
vote when they get older. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I think the whole "only half the people vote" is such a misunderstandin=
g of the system and people. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In Latah, we have nearly 19,000 registered voters. All have voted in th=
e last 4 year. We have a population of about 33,000. Count out children, UI=20=
students voting in their home towns, and felons, how many do you think we ha=
ve that don't vote? We cannot have more than maybe 4,000 people out of 33,00=
0 that could but do not ever vote. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan J Arnold</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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