The objectives of this discussion are to help you:
Identify the necessary steps one must take to become a registered voter in your community
Discern reasons for why voting is or is not important both personally and from outside resources
Exercise your 1st Amendment right of freedom of speech through the voting process and, in this discussion, by debating the importance of voting
FOR YOUR INITIAL POST:
Answer the following questions, ONE PARAGRAPH FOR EACH QUESTION:
1. How do you register to vote in your state or, if you are from a different country, in your country? Please research this via the internet and provide a paragraph detailing what steps a person must take to get registered (ie, the minimum requirements, the necessary documents, whether they must appear in person or can do it remotely)
2. Are you a registered voter? Why or why not?
3. After reading the articles linked above, please state in your own words why voting is important. If you disagree with the articles, please specifically state the basis for your disagreement. Please provide at least one quote or example from one of the articles to support your position.
4. Please provide an APA citation for the website you used to research registering to vote AND an APA citation for the article that you quoted or specifically discussed.