Max P. Sanders, a student from University of Minnesota, was recently prosecuted for putting his vote in the 2008 Presidential Election on eBay. While he claims that it was a joke, I think that this proves to the rest of America that the youth in our country don't think that their vote really counts in an election. With the electoral college system in place, many college students (as well as older members of society) feel that there is no point to voting. Members of the electoral college are not restricted to voting with the popular vote of their state and in states that always vote either democratic or republican the only reason seen for voting is as a civil duty. I believe that this incident has gone way beyond showing politicians that something needs to be changed. Candidates need to start focusing some of their campaigning efforts on our youth to get them to value voting in such elections. While I have mentioned previously that we need to increase voter turn-out, the fact that many young men and women like Sanders don't feel the need to vote does not help create a larger voter turn-out for future elections. It is up to the government and the politicians to realize this and come up with some sort of solution.
To see the actual article go to this website. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/04/ebay.vote.ap/index.html
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