Voting one of the many right that every single American citizen has in this country. I believe that there are no significant hurdles when registering to vote. The only requirements that you need to meet are that you must be 18 years old, be a U.S. Citizen and be a resident of where you are registering to vote.
In my case, however, the process was much longer. I was not born in the United States. This meant that I first had to become a U.S. Citizen in order to register to vote in the first place. There are problems with the actual process of becoming a U.S citizen, however. When we first moved to the U.S., you first have to wait 5 years before you are even allowed to register to become a citizen.
After the five years, my parents had to shell out around $600 for each person that was registering to become a citizen, with five people in our family that is $3,000 that most people don’t have at their fingertips. Luckily if you are below the age of 18, you do not need to take the test that is required if …show more content…
In my high school, however, at the end of every school year the county would come into the school and set up a booth to register new voters. The process was very simple. We were just required to fill out some paperwork and we were registered voters. There was nothing complicated about the registration process of voting.
That being said I do believe that the main reason why people do not vote are because they feel they will not make a difference whether they vote or not. Another reason why a great majority of people might not vote is because they suffer from a disability that doesn’t allow them to get to voting locations. For example, it is well known that Florida is home to a lot of senior citizens. This would mean that there are also a lot of Florida voters who cannot make it to voting stations, not because they don’t want to, but because they physically can’t get
In my case, however, the process was much longer. I was not born in the United States. This meant that I first had to become a U.S. Citizen in order to register to vote in the first place. There are problems with the actual process of becoming a U.S citizen, however. When we first moved to the U.S., you first have to wait 5 years before you are even allowed to register to become a citizen.
After the five years, my parents had to shell out around $600 for each person that was registering to become a citizen, with five people in our family that is $3,000 that most people don’t have at their fingertips. Luckily if you are below the age of 18, you do not need to take the test that is required if …show more content…
In my high school, however, at the end of every school year the county would come into the school and set up a booth to register new voters. The process was very simple. We were just required to fill out some paperwork and we were registered voters. There was nothing complicated about the registration process of voting.
That being said I do believe that the main reason why people do not vote are because they feel they will not make a difference whether they vote or not. Another reason why a great majority of people might not vote is because they suffer from a disability that doesn’t allow them to get to voting locations. For example, it is well known that Florida is home to a lot of senior citizens. This would mean that there are also a lot of Florida voters who cannot make it to voting stations, not because they don’t want to, but because they physically can’t get