When I was younger, every so often, my father would interrupt any childish activity I was engaged with to take me out to a small and intimate office space where people went inside small booths to cast their ballot. As a child, I saw no reason as to why I accompanied my father out in his voting endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is your right as a citizen of this country,\u201d my father implored constantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As my duties from building Legos and playing outside for endless hours have shifted to building my future and playing the job field for hours, the importance of my father\u2019s actions and words now ring loudly in my conscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I voted in the 2016 presidential election\u2014the first election I could vote\u2014I felt proud. I called my father soon after casting my ballot, and even though we disagreed politically, we both engaged in our right to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Voting isn\u2019t just a way to go out and express who you think is the best candidate. Voting is a right that not many countries have, and even though some may say that their single vote may not count for much, it does. Believe me, it really does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we near a presidential election this autumn, the country has all eyes on you. According to Forbes, in 2018, the amount of college students voting doubled from 2016. As a college student, you are expected to think critically and expand your mind, regardless of the degree you are pursuing. College teaches us to think critically for ourselves and thus translate that to the values we hold dear as young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As young and ambitious students, the future is in our <\/em>hands. As clich\u00e9 as it may sound, it is entirely true. The amount it takes to register to vote equals the amount of time you can spend scrolling endlessly through Twitter. Registering to vote is not an arduous process. There are many resources quickly available to us through the click of a button, and many adults (professors or administrators) close to you who are more than willing to help guide you through the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As our seemingly divided nation bursts between constant engagements between democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives, capitalists and socialists, where you <\/em>stand is what you believe in, and what ultimately makes you a citizen of this country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI recently became a U.S. citizen, and one of the first things I did was to register to vote,\u201d commented senior Marketing major Daniel Cortez. A native of Mexico, Cortez aspires to have a voice in this country and see change for his future family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A key aspect about voting is being informed. You cannot make an informed decision by scrolling through Facebook and seeing targeted ads that appeal to you. Rather, use your ability to think critically and engage with local and national politicians\u2019 platform. The resources to learn and engage with politics are bountiful. However, it is up to you to inform yourself and make an informed<\/em> decision as to who will best represent your interests and values in the White House, and in your local congressional district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI mainly want to vote because it\u2019s not my future I\u2019m thinking of. I\u2019m thinking of how this country will look like for my family and for my children. Of course, you\u2019re not going to see immediate results, but in the long-run, you know your voice will be heard,\u201d concluded Cortez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Terry\nYoung often send emails informing campus on how to vote, where to vote, and\ninformation on local candidates. Be on the lookout for more information on how and\nwhere to vote from Mrs. Young. If that doesn\u2019t suit you, here is the direct\nlink for you to register to vote in Taylor County: https:\/\/www.taylorcountytexas.org\/213\/Registering-to-Vote<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\nyour voice be heard, War Hawks! The deadline to register to vote for the joint\nprimary election is March 3rd<\/sup>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I was younger, every so often, my father would interrupt any childish activity I was engaged with to take me out to a small and intimate office space where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/voting.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}