Vote or Don't

A number of Sacramento State students cited laziness or a lack of free time in their busy schedules as reasons they chose to not vote in the 2008 presidential election.

On Election Day, many students around the campus of Sac State said their swamped life is mainly a result of a tough school schedule, work and as one student put it, “extracurricular activities.”

All of these things contributed to many students not voting, but most still acknowledge the importance of getting out to vote.

Sac State Senior Hunter Demaray said many people who aren’t voting think it is important to vote, but often find themselves short on time due to many different issues, raging from school to extracurricular work.

The majority of the students that were interviewed expressed disapproval with those people who were qualified and able to vote, but for whatever reason decided to not make the trip to the polls.

“You’re not doing your part as a citizen and taking care to understand what your responsibilities are and know about your community and your government,” said Rachel Rogers, junior at Sac State.

One student, who chose not to vote this time around, has his own outlook on electoral voting process.

Mike Rosemary, Sac State Senior said he thinks it’s important for people to vote, but doesn’t see how his one vote could possibly change anything in the grand scheme of things; Rosemary didn’t vote.