Thank you so much but can you help me a little more??? Go Beyond voting. Heres a couple of questions we came up with to help answer the previous qestion. What are the constitutional changes that have expanded the right to vote and how did they do that??? we got the 15th, 19th, 26th, and 24th. Also, what are civic norms that increace civic participation and how can they be encouraged???
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Thinking -- I'll post an answer within a few minutes.
You can add the 26th amendment that lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18.
There seem to be many reasons people don't vote. One reason is ignorance, especially of candidates for judges and other state or local officials. Another reason is apathy -- some people are centered on their own problems and don't have the energy to care about civic participation. A third reason is the feeling that politics is a dirty business. I know an educated woman, a retired public school teacher, who is proud of never having voted.
How do you think these non-voters can be encouraged to vote?
There seem to be many reasons people don't vote. One reason is ignorance, especially of candidates for judges and other state or local officials. Another reason is apathy -- some people are centered on their own problems and don't have the energy to care about civic participation. A third reason is the feeling that politics is a dirty business. I know an educated woman, a retired public school teacher, who is proud of never having voted.
How do you think these non-voters can be encouraged to vote?
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