With all the hubbub over the next debate topic (whether election day should be a national holiday) and this November’s presidential election, did you ever wonder how New Yorkers with limited dexterity or other disabilities can exercise their right to vote?
This website shows how the Image Cast ballot-marking device (BMD) helps disabled citizens to vote.
Do you remember our 2015 debate topic “All U.S. citizens (over the age of 18) should be required to vote?” Well, here is a news tidbit about the number of Americans who do actually vote.
A recent issue of Junior Scholastic magazine presented our exact debate topic! This pdf version of the article is kind of hard to read…we recommend subscribing to the magazine to read the article in full.
Scholastic News had a poll that asked “Should Voting Be Required by Law?” Curious to see the results? Take the poll and see!
Before a citizen can vote, he or she must register to vote. Sometimes, for whatever reason, that does not happen. People forget, or do not care, or just do not register to vote. Therefore, when an election comes around, they are ineligible to vote.
The “iVote” organization in California wants everyone who gets a driver’s license to be automatically registered to vote, which will lead to a big increase in eligible voters. But does that mean that they will actually vote in an election? What do you think?
Read the NY Times article.
What if you ran an election and no one voted? This happened in Iowa, where “Candidate wins election despite getting no votes.”
Ask yourself: Is this any way to run a city (or state or country)?
(The TweenTribune article has different reading/lexile levels; choose the one best for you.)
