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Tait Haugen 8th - Roseville Area Middle School Lee Thao Honorable Mention I�Caw W� �a� Increa�� Voie� '�"ur�.o�.t By Tai� Haugeaa 'Where do you stand on 1:he topze of voting? Did you know that our country allovvs every A1�aerican citizen to cast a vote!? And th�tt hundr�ds of peo��e lost their lives fighting for that vexy right and yet only fifty-seven �ercent of Americans take advantage of this!? This paper will infoi�n you not on�y on why voting is important, �ut an how we can gei: more Americans to vote. The fact that evexy American is allowed to vote is very important. It gives people the option to vote for an individual who represelzts their awn persona� beliefs. For exampie, if Ale�s Courtozs believes that l�ealthcare is a major issue in tkus colu�try and someone ;t�.lnnuag for presidency promises to promote inexpensive hea1t11care for all, AXexis has th� rig�t to vote far ihat individual, There are also many countries that don't �llow their citizens ta vote. Some of these countrias include Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Qat�r, and North I�oxea. I3oth Cuba and Saudi Arabia h�.ve a severely highe� dissatisfaction �raie than the United States, a�.d then Nortl� I�a�ea is so closed about itself'that allnost as much iruthf-�l. in%ra�ation comes from refugees as the communist government itself (sometimes called a, "One xnan dictatorship"). The freedom ta vote is also veiy impai�tant because oi a�l the lives that were lost �ighting for that right, along with the time, energy, a.�d effort i:hat hund.reds of thousands of people put into �rotests. Women, who had anly been considered good for staying at home and doing the laundry, were now begitaning to �ght for eve�y cztizen io be able to cast a vote. Women fought for over half a cez�tury uniil they were finally granted this xm�ortar�t righl: in late sum111er of