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Electoral College
"I can't help but realize that my vote is less important than many Americans."
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By Reid Edgar
By the time the 2004 presidential election comes around, I will finally be old
enough to vote. Now I can actually do something about the issues I care about,
like the war in Iraq and oil drilling by voting for the next president. I don't
have to vote for anyone who thinks proletariat is a type of cheese.
Although I am excited about going to the polls, I can't help but realize that
my vote is less important than many Americans, and it's not because of my age.
It’s because of the Electoral College, which gives larger states more votes
than smaller states.
Now I'm sure the government wouldn't want to discriminate against people living
in smaller states, why not have a popular vote for the presidential election
- like almost every other election we hold in the United States? In case you
haven't heard, Californians get the best deal by having 55 electoral votes.
It would take the votes of me, my parents, both of my dogs and God knows how
many Georgians to equal one vote from California. That’s assuming all of us
voted for the same candidate, which would be very unlikely.
I'll vote in this next presidential election anyway, but I don't like the fact
that people living in the same country as me, younger and older, have more or
less of a say than I do.
Maybe the Godzilla movie was right, size does matter.
- Reid Edgar is a junior at Grady High School.
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