Right_To_Vote

Right To Vote Who will win this year’s presidential election' With just a little than 3 months away from the 2004 elections, the counts are still close. So, what will determine this year’s elections' Youth. That’s right; today’s youth is expected to bring a large part of the swing votes to determine who the next president will be. That is why many different organizations, television programs and famous celebrities have joined together to help boost young voters to get registered and vote. In these efforts, MTV, which is viewed by many young people nationwide, launched their campaign “Rock the Vote” early in 2004 to get America’s youth to vote. The need for young people to vote is crucial, but it is also important to exercise the right to vote because every American was given the right to vote. According to the U.S. Constitution the 26th Amendment was added in 1971, which gave 18 year olds the right to vote. Since then in Texas alone, there has been a decline of eight percent in young voters who are not voting. In surveying 10 people at Baylor, only three were registered to vote. Focusing at vote, need, students, baylor, voters, represented, youth, people, because, young, come, towns, texas, right, voices, states, registered, know, heard, different, added, year’s, voting, tomorrow, statistics, speak, rock, programs, percent, new, needs, minorities, made, future, every