more reasons why people don't vote

Today, although a bill was introduced into the California state legislature requiring voter registration as a pre-requisite before students receive a high school diploma, student reaction was mixed. Although many older people fervently believe in voting as a keystone of democracy, it is unlikely to show increased support among the young unless voting is viewed as more of an asset than a liability.

First, voting is more attractive in a representational democracy, not in a winner takes all lobbyship, flawed with corruption. Why vote when it makes no difference?

Second, with all of the current spying on American citizens going on, why would individuals want to participate in the political process, very possibly be persecuted if they were to voice their rights? especially when such rights are more often perceived as ideals than as practiced? Who wants to casually volunteer personal information these days, not knowing what will become of it?

Third, many low-income people cannot afford time and expense to serve in jury duty, which voter registration creates duty requirements for. Jury pay scale and other jury reimbursement costs are fractions of incurred costs, insults to citizens, no different than being an indentured servant.

Fourth, in jury duty, low-income people, such as high school grads and those olders who don't DC lobbyists, are often forced to enforce rules which have been created not by them, but by slick millionaires, who are the only ones currently elected to D.C. offices.

At least the jury system coud have the courtesy to pay jurors the average same wages for their time as the other courtroom participants recieive, like the judge and court personnel. In the present jury system, excessive payment only to courtroom personnel violates equality the moment a jury summons is sent out. The symbol of the justice system, the scales of equality, is a marketing gimmick.

If a judge disagrees with this assessment, let this judge commit to accepting only jury duty wages for his/hers term remaining, and with no more perks than allowed the prospective jurors. I have never encountered this phenomnea yet.

Although this government has been around for more than 200 years, it has become less representational instead of more. A student coming out of high school is thinking that if such simple things as fairness and equality haven't been worked out by now, what would signing a piece of paper, voter registration, do for, or to them personally? Many decline to sign. Instead, such students figure out its just better to keep to themselves, keep surviving, and take care of numero uno. Students figure thats the way it works for all of these politicians and judges. Hey, somebody's got to survive, right?

They sure don't want to volunteer to be a victim. To get more high school students to register to vote, first, get their trust. Fix the system.

Is this our America, politicians and judges? If so aren't you are supposed to represent our equality?

Or is this only your America, and equality only exists for your groups?

Before looking at low levels of voter registration, please look at yourselves.