Voting Right Restrictions: A Silent Societal Problem

I believe that the single most important societal problem currently is voting right restrictions. November is quickly coming upon us, so does the right to cast our votes for whoever we believe to be the best candidate for the oval office. However, new voting right restrictions will make the voting process harder for certain groups. These laws will affect of upwards to millions of potential voters this coming election. We all have the right to vote. The government also has the right for certain groups to make that ballet harder to cast. The reason that voting right restriction is so important is because it stops numerous people from voting, a specific group of people were targeted, and the reason the law was made is wrong.

The 2016 election will be hit with numerous voting restrictive laws making it harder to vote for the general populous. There are 31 states that enforce government identification cards prior to voting. Around 11% percent of people able to vote don 't have a government identification card according to Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge. That 's around 35 million people unable to vote due to the enforcement of government identification cards. These people include and are not exclusive to the elderly not driving any more, people without permanent addresses, and transgender who have non matching gender to their identification cards. Of those 31 states that enforce government identification cards prior to voting, 8 states require strict photo identification. It is estimated that at least 16 million people able to vote do not have eligible government photo identification cards, according to the brennancenter. Texas alone has 600,000 people that do not fit this category. The general populous has taken a hit due to votin...

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...ying the states are going to think the same exact way. That 's why we have the ability to vote. When I believe in a certain person or idea I vote for that person or idea. That vote goes toward shaping the place I love into what I think is best for us. The moment that is it decide that we need to restrict certain voters, is the moment we put power into a small subset of individuals. These individuals may or may not have Americas best interest at hand. There are so many times we hear a politician has special interest because of financial backing from some multi-million dollar company. I don 't want that. I want to be able to say this is the America that I voted for, the America that I want to help shape. I don 't want the America that falls to the rich and powerful. That 's why voter right restrictions is the single most important societal problem because voices matter.