Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by manachar on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:09PM (#11717940)

Voter turnout is higher in our presidential elections when a person's vote is generally worth less.

People SHOULD be voting at the local level where their votes still matter quite a bit, but generally don't through an interesting combination of apathy and ignorance (e.g. few people actually know who their rep on the city council is and what their basic platform is).

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by slavik81 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:22PM (#11718054)

Unfortunately, limited information is an inherent consequence of scale. There's much better media coverage of national issues. If I read The Economist, they may provide insight into the presidential candidates. They do not have news about my candidates for city council.

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by manachar on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:28PM (#11718103)

Which is really odd to think about. Super local newspapers used to be the norm, but as the conglomerates got bigger the number of papers fell so they no longer had the space to cover the truly local news.

A variety of web sites have tried to fill the need, but the money needed for local news far exceeds the revenue they're able to generate.

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @08:37PM (#11718837)

Theres much more media coverage of national issues, but better may not be a warranted conclusion.

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