COLUMN: Take time to care about ASUSU elections
The time for ASUSU elections has come yet again, and soon this campus will be bursting with A-frames, brightly colored fliers, candy giveaways and a throng of campaigners eager to earn the votes of the student body. It is my privilege, then, to write on the importance of voting in our student elections.
According to Alexander Hamilton, voting is “one of the most important rights.” I encourage each of you to make the campaigning process meaningful by asking the appropriate questions in order to gather the information you need to make an informed decision. Take the time to read their biographies as posted on the A-station Web site link, attend the public forums and listen to them when they visit your apartment or home.
If you are skeptical about whether your vote can make a difference, please remember that due to the fact that so few people have voted in past elections, races have often been decided by a margin of fewer than 10 votes. When a political race grows tighter, each vote becomes increasingly more significant.
If you are concerned about the university, then you owe it to yourself to vote. It is my honor to remind the student body that voting is not just a precious right, but in Lyndon Johnson’s words, “the first duty of democracy.”
Nic Gordon is the ASUSU vice president of Organizations and Traditions. Comments for Gordon can be sent to ndgordon@cc.usu.edu.