The New Age of Voting

An article was published in The New York Times on October and 18, 2018, titled Time to Close the Democracy Gap by The Editorial Board that proposed the opinion that America has too many restrictions on how we vote and who is allowed to vote. The article went onto describe how many elections have had votes that were revoked because there was supposed voter fraud and the people who had placed the votes themselves were allegedly not supposed to have placed the votes in the first place. This is not the only problem with our voting system in this country. Many states have done their best to accommodate voters and have made it easier for people to cast their vote in a timely manner while others are stuck in our "old fashioned system" that requires people to essentially go out of their way to vote for who and what they believe in. The article was very well written and has a fact based opinion approach that allows it's viewers to relate to their voting experiences in the past as well as the present. One can perceive that the audience that would grasp onto this article the most would be people with past voting experience, but I believe that this article is more geared to the population with little to no voting experience. It's astonishing the amount of Americans that don't vote every year and to think that there could be changes put into place that could diminish these numbers and could provide many more people with the opportunity to vote and these changes aren't being made is ridiculous. I do believe that many Americans simply don't make the time or even have the time to vote in the first place, but does the make us lazy? The answer is no, many Americans feel as if their not knowledgeable enough to vote for the candidates that are on the ballot. They don't want to place a vote for someone just because they have heard their name mentioned before without knowing what side of the spectrum that candidate stands on for very important social and political issues. I do believe that the article provided a very insightful view on what can be done to better provide voting opportunities for all, but I also believe that we need to do a better job of what we can do to better educate Americans on who and what they're voting for. These changes can provide a more knowledgeable progressive America amongst us.

How Brett Kavanaugh Failed

A recent article was posted in The New York Times on October 4th, 2018, called How Brett Kavanaugh Failed by The Editiorial Board which was able to offer the opinion on the recent trial that's been storming the nation. The article was able to voice the idea that Republicans have been ruling office and have been able to try and take hold of The Supreme Court and more importantly the justice system. It talks about how much of an outrage it would be if Kavanaugh was elected to The Supreme Court and in which way it would swing societies view towards politics and our justice system. Kavanaugh is on trial for sexual assault allegations which has skewed many politicians view of him being appointed a judge, and even though many Republicans are still backing Kavanaugh there are many more reasons why the rest of the people who have a say in him being appointed are not as confident in his ability be fair and open-minded. Not only are the allegations themselves enough to question Kavanughs character but the way that he's showed up in trial has raised some more eyebrows. He claims that his whole reputation and family life are on the line because of the trial but has shown up in the courtroom as if he has more to prove than just his innocence. Much of America has been following this trial and it's recent events and it does seem to raise more uncertainties than it does confidence in Brett Kavanaugh being appointed to The Supreme Court. He was able to hold himself together and show up professionally in an earlier interview about the recent events, but has shown flashes of anger and has been dishonest on the stand which brings people to question the ability of Kavanaugh to be transparent and genuine at all times especially when it matters. This brings across a very tough decision for America considering Kavanaughs track record with our government playing a very pivotal role in big cases. It's not an easy decision to make at all but I do believe the appropriate decision here is to turn down Kavanaugh as an option for The Supreme Court given the recent events, and also considering there are many other good options available to have fill the open position. Making this decision could balance out the recent uneven swing in politics and could give a new perspective on how we deal with these kind of situations as a country.