Put an End to Voter Suppression Tactics – Protect Your Right To Vote
Voting is very important and a huge part of democracy and equality. It’s very significant for the preservation of our most basic rights. However, a lot of citizens are not able to use this very important right because of voter suppression tactics created and used by states such as the USA and their governments. Minority voters are very much impacted by laws such as strict voter ID and reduced locations for polling in certain areas. These tactics leave millions of people voiceless in the election process which affects everyone, and it also has a larger impact on the nation’s future. This must be discussed in depth and this injustice must be brought to an end. It is time that each citizen should be recognized and given equal access to voting rights without any kind of discrimination or biases on election day because of their gender, race, or political beliefs that make them a minority.
We can make a change by standing up and pushing back against the rules as well as the laws that the state implements to prevent these minority groups from exercising the most basic of rights. The things that we can do to prevent this discrimination is embracing new and better measures such as holding home vote collection centers. A need for stronger federal regulations can also be observed around elections at the state as well as national levels.
Research suggests the need to alter voting procedures that have been unclear or have been written down in overly complicated language to make them easier so that potential voters can make informed decisions and understand them before deciding. We all collectively must advocate for transparency and clarity in law so that everybody can exercise their right to vote and understand these laws. All in all, protecting our basic right to exercise democracy means that we need to push back and stand up for minorities who do not have this kind of access. This includes any vulnerable community that is at a disadvantage due to their lack of social standing or economic insecurity. We need to continue to push for the protection of all voters and amplify the voices of those that are discriminated against so we can achieve our full potential as democratic representation within society.
Some might argue that some of these measures are important to protect electoral integrity, but it is also equally significant to know the dangers that they can bring to our democratic rights and the effect that they can have on participation during voting processes because of how inaccessible voting can be for certain citizens. This may be due to reasons that include but are not limited to certain voters living too far away from available polling stations. Voter suppression prevents those without ID from exercising their right to vote and has a very significant influence on minorities and race relations and creates an environment of mistrust between citizens and the government.
In addition to this, some researches indicate that these tactics can result in decreased participation, and these policies can lower turnout and gatekeep this very basic right by making it accessible to only the wealthiest population. This is an extremely undemocratic and bad policy that prevents the common people from having a voice in law and policies that influence their lives and also it creates mistrust, and the public loses confidence in elections.
In conclusion, voter suppression tactics can prevent minority groups from participating which is deeply unsettling. This deliberate attempt to exclude certain populations and swing elections in their desired direction can have a lasting impact on democracy. The use of such tactics is therefore extremely wrong, and we all should discourage this as it goes against the principles upon which democracy was founded.
