Editorial: Voting easy for all students

Monday, March 12, 2007

Voting is often deemed “performing one’s civic duties.” But sometimes, we just aren’t in the mood to fulfill a duty. We get tired. We have other plans. We have to watch the game. Voting isn’t at the top of a student’s priority list, especially voting for campus elections.

However, KU students have, or should have, learned that voting does affect them. Various decisions made by Student Senate have effects that trickle down and drip on the heads of nearly every student. So maybe it wouldn’t be such a waste to leave Guitar Hero on pause for 20 minutes to head to campus and vote.

Luckily, students won’t even have to pause their games to vote in the Student Senate elections this year. Now students can not only vote in between classes on a campus computer, but also from the comfort, or disarray, of their own homes. The Ramen noodles won’t even be done in the microwave before you’re done voting. Online voting is quick, simple and convenient.

If cleaning a bathroom only took two minutes, surely more people would do it. A dirty bathroom not only dissuades overnight guests, but forces you to live in a mess of your own making.

Voting is the same way. It’s not the most fun thing to do, but if you don’t vote you can’t complain about the end result. Properly cleaning a bathroom in two minutes is next to impossible. Effectively voting online in two minutes is a definite reality. This year all students should feel motivated to perform their civic duties.

— Tasha Riggins for the editorial board.

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