National Voter Registration Day took place Tuesday, Sept. 23, kicking off the 2014 voting season. However, fewer young people register and go vote every election year.
Why doesn’t our generation take part in the process that makes a difference in the future of our country? 
David Scotton, LSU Student, explained his understanding of why his peers choose to not participate in the voting process.
“I don’t know if I’ve heard as much excuses of why students don’t vote, they just don’t want to vote,” Scotton said. “I guess the main reason is that most of them feel that their vote doesn’t matter.”
Many students think that their vote will not make a difference in the outcome. Garrett Clawson, LSU Student & President of Common Sense Action at LSU, rebuts that claim. 
“We are actually the biggest generation in the country,” Clawson explained. “There’s about 70 million of us, and, so, if we want to get our law makers to listen, we have to come out in numbers.”
Common Sense Action, a national bipartisan organization focused on empowering the next generation and engaging voters, has partnered with TurboVote. TurboVote is a website that makes voter registration easy, and it allows students to get involved without taking up a lot of their time.
The future is in the hands of our generation, so what are you going to do about it? Remember that if you do not vote, then you have no control over the result.