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American Government and the Constitution Lecture Four (view source)
Revision as of 14:31, October 2, 2014
, 14:31, October 2, 2014→Early Voting: there is a belief by some that inconvenience that results in lower voter participation distorts the results of elections from being truly representative of the will of the people
While an average person might support the concept of early voting for the convenience of the voter, not everything that "sounds good" is really good after also. The more early voting there is, the less significant Election Day itself is. Some studies show that early voting actually reduces overall "turnout" by voters (the percentage of people who are eligible to vote who then actually do vote). The reduction in voter turnout is probably due to the loss in focus on Election Day. Fewer people would be interested in the Super Bowl also if it occurred over many days, rather than one evening.
While an average person might support the concept of early voting for the convenience of the voter, not everything that "sounds good" is really good after also. The more early voting there is, the less significant Election Day itself is. Some studies show that early voting actually reduces overall "turnout" by voters (the percentage of people who are eligible to vote who then actually do vote). The reduction in voter turnout is probably due to the loss in focus on Election Day. Fewer people would be interested in the Super Bowl also if it occurred over many days, rather than one evening.
It may be convenient to voters to allow early voting, but greater convenience is not the goal of fair elections. It would be more convenient in jury trials to allow jurors to cast their vote and leave before the trial is over, but that would lead to unjust results. Aren't elections just as important as jury trials? Yes, and it does not make sense to allow most people to vote before the campaigns are concluded. In some cases (like Ohio), people were voting before the candidates even finished holding all of their televised their debates!
It may be convenient to voters to allow early voting, but greater convenience is not the goal of fair elections (argumentative? [[User:GregG|GregG]] 10:31, 2 October 2014 (EDT)). It would be more convenient in jury trials to allow jurors to cast their vote and leave before the trial is over, but that would lead to unjust results. Aren't elections just as important as jury trials? Yes, and it does not make sense to allow most people to vote before the campaigns are concluded. In some cases (like Ohio), people were voting before the candidates even finished holding all of their televised their debates!
== Executive Privilege ==
== Executive Privilege ==