Sebastian Henderson Essays (983 words) - Politics, Voter Suppression

Sebastian Henderson Prof. Susan Browning 5 May 201 7 ENG 112-63 Final Paper In the Past series of papers, I have addressed the issues of Politics and Education across the World, In the United states and even in our own backyard of Charlotte, NC. Over this journey, I have found multiple cases of where if the population is uneducated and misinformed on certain things in the judicial and election process that they tend to make decisions that they don't understand or do not truly represent how they feel in that process. They easily fall into tricks placed by campaigns and campaign managers and politicians to fall into traps set for them and not really comprehending the reality of these situations and what the outcomes will be. They fall for rhetoric tricks and distractions instead of trying to figure out and inform themselves on the politician's actual viewpoints. This has been on display across the world and throughout history. Through the election of President Trump and the French Elections with Marie Le Pen, voters have been thoroughly misinformed and this misinformed voter has caused some hitches in the political process. One of these hitches in the process has been the development of Gerrymandering created by El bridge Gerry in the 1800's to systematically create political boundaries that ensure that all voters can vote and that voting is fair. According to Census.gov, in last years election the State of North Carolina voted to have these lines redrawn for the next election cycle and this vote was extremely important and most people really didn't understand, comprehend or care what their vote really did or what weight this decision can carry in elections to come. The Average citizen does not understand that the redrawing of the district lines could effect multiple elections to come. This is a problem that affects everyone in the World, the United States and especially in the state of North Carolina. In North Carolina, less than 60% of the state population voted in the last election. With this being so low and the fact that most voters don't clearly understand what they are voting for today we need to create a process so that more voters vote and that more voters are informed and are able to make an educated decision on what they need to vote for. This is where the plan comes into play. The proposal I would like to make to do is that a bill is ran through the North Carolina state legislature that 1. A ll voters must attend at least two information sessions that are free, sponsored by the state and a third non-political, non-bias party. 2.All Districts and lines must be agreed upon by both parties and that all districts must have the same amount of racial percentages so that the sections are all even with one another. 3. Must Pass a mandatory assessment after the each section to prove that they understand all points presented by each of the politicians and each of the bill that are being proposed to be passed. The way you give an incentive is that you do tax right offs. I believe that the better way to entice voters to become more informed, because most likely they will not seek the knowledge and information as supported by previous local and national elections, basically you make attending a class or a seminar that is hosted or sanctioned by the government by non-bias presenters and you participate, and show an understanding of the topics by passing a simple assessment you will get a tax right off. If you look around the United States anything that is included in a tax write off usually becomes a very, very big deal. People will do anything if it means 500 - 1000 dollars is written off their taxes. Things like donating clothes, community service and other tax write offs become very lucrative around tax season. So, if you were too push the Class as a tax write off more people would easily decide to go along with it. Now with the Gerrymandering you let every know that there will be a change of the districts and that you will be reassign to the