To Vote or Not to Vote? That is the Question
The images are stunning. Middle aged women and men emerge, often in tears, from a voting booth in a country that has just changed its name or has just thrown off the yoke of authoritarianism. They wear a badge of honor, a blue paint mark on their finger. They vow not to wash it off. Contrast that with the United States where people have the right to vote but often fail to exercise it. We take the right and the responsibility for granted.
And yet, Americans are engrossed with voting processes. More than half the amendments to the Constitution since the Bill of Rights (10 of 17) have involved voting and/or elections. Today, voting is a central political issue as it probably has not been since the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Both Democrats and Republicans accuse each other of compromising the integrity of elections by trying to manipulate the voting process.
UT professors of political science, Christopher Ojeda and Richard Pacelle, will discuss voting in the United States. What is going on? What is voter suppression and what can you do about it? What is the future of voting? And, most importantly, why should you vote in this election?
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Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 5:30pm to 6:30pm
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Amanda Womac
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