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Whitney Brittany Courtni Sam B.

Position Paper Written by Whitney There are many reasons that people don’t vote on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Never the less, voting is an important part of American culture. One of the many reasons people do not vote is because they do not know where their directed voting booths are to be.

One solution to this problem is creating a group on facebook that explains the process of how to find out where your voting place is. On this site there should also be links to sites that have the ability to show the person where their localized voting center is. This will help increasing voter turn out because it will stop people from having the excuse that they have no where to find out where they vote if they have missed the latter in the mail that told them where to vote.

Another solution is to send out an email that lets them know where to vote and how to get there. This will reinforce the letter that goes out through the mail that shows where the localized voting location is. The directions will only help give incentive to the voter. Sending an email will be a method that many people will respond to positively.

My last solution is to infiltrate media, such as television, music, movies, and new papers with ads that advertise how to find the voting location. This is a less effective method but it will still work. If someone is interrupted when watching a movie, or listening to the radio, or even reading the sports section of a news paper, they will have to listen/ read the advertisement before dismissing it.

My solutions directly happen through media, and the internet. Many people in Philadelphia acces the internet, the radio, and the US postal service everyday. But using these services to reach the Voter Community I honestly believe that voter turnout will increase by the next election.

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