Essay On Voting In America

Introduction
Voting in America is difficult. There are many obstacles the potential voter has to run through in order to have their voice heard, and even, their candidate of choice may not win. They have to struggle with paperwork to get registered to vote, which also registers them for the eligible list of candidates for the jury pool, a task nobody wants anything to do with. Then after the hard paperwork and jury duty comes Election Day. The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which leads to great confusion as to what day the elections are on. Even worse are the municipal elections which vary from town to town, and county to county, leaving masses of voters confused as to what day they have to go out and make their voices heard.
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Gerrymandering is the process of drawing electoral districts in a way that it benefits the party or interests of those who are doing the drawing. This can affect both sides of the aisle, however seems to benefit Republicans more often, as they are more likely to hold state representative seats, which is where the redistricting happens. By far this is one of the leading causes of apathy, whereas other issues can seem to be resolved by electing new representatives, this problem seems, in the eyes of the voter, to be a negative action of politicians that cannot be changed by voting because they deliberately and, once again in the eyes of the voter, maliciously, divided up who gets to vote where in order to garner the power for their parties. According to Butera, gerrymandering leads to legislators who are not responsive to the needs and wants of those he represents, as he sees no risk for not following their whims, and no reward for sticking his head out in order to better serve his