Every vote counts – ASUI elections directly impact students

Erin Bamer Argonaut

Time and again, local and larger-scale elections have seen abysmal turn outs from young voters.

Many college-aged voters opt out of electing officials into the U.S. government, and turns out, turnout is often no different when it comes to student government.

Erin Bamer

Young people come up with a variety of excuses to not vote. Most simply believe their vote will not make a difference.

Yet, in ASUI Elections, that argument doesn”t hold up.

When it comes to smaller elections, such as student government, every vote counts.

ASUI aims to give students the voice they claim they don”t have as young voters, and often, ASUI senators take stances on university issues many students already care about.

Voting in ASUI elections gives UI students the voice to decide whether or not they approve of their decisions.

ASUI also distributes thousands of dollars in student fees every year to student organizations on campus and acts as a critical liaison between students and university administrators.

Members of UI”s student government work hard all year to make the college experience better for their fellow students.

Every semester, a little more progress is made, but there is always more work to be done. This is students” chance to be a part of improving their own college experience. Many students have excellent ideas and opinions on how to better their university, but those opinions will remain unheard if they don”t vote.

In past years, ASUI has made an effort to incentivize voting. In years past, students cast their names into a raffle by casting their vote. Last year, a new online ballot aimed to make voting more accessible.

ASUI representatives have put so much work into making voting accessible because they actually care about what students want from their UI experience.

The results of this election will directly affect UI students, and students cannot afford to be passive about voting.

Erin Bamer can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @ErinBamer

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