Monday, November 7, 2016

Trust Issues


  • Doyin Oyeniyi's "How Much Will Voters Trust Election Results on Election Day" is an article covering the american people trust in our election system. Oyeniyi's starts off the most iconic figure for stating voter fraud in america Donald trump. Trump goes into saying how polls, media, and TV programs are all out to take him down and stop him from becoming the next president. Research shows more that regardless of being Democrat or Republican if the other side wins then the losing side will cry wolf.  The topic of voter fraud is nothing new George Bush had an investigation in which little to no evidence was found. But more importantly he address some issue with today's election system and the reason for Americas miss trust. Oyeniyi's brings up three main points "Politiqueras", voter intimidation, and voter anxiety. "Politiqueras"is a term used to describe when " people hired by local politicians gather mail in ballots of mostly elderly voter in areas with large Latinos populations". Next he address voter intimidation in which he references very real issue such as in Pennsylvania in which an incident occurred leading to the officials reminding the public that voter intimidation is a two year punishment with a $5000 fine. Next voter anxiety, with so much pressure on voter today with all that is going on it can lead to high levels of anxiety. Last last but not least he mentions voter fraud. Voter fraud is made to look to be a major issue even though little to no actual data. Ye,s voter fraud does happen in America but to the extent the republican leader have made it out to be does not exist. Doyin Oyeniyi's does not mention his qualification but does an amazing job of listing sources and giving case by case arguments for the many issue facing our election system today. 

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