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The inconvenience of casting a vote
By Teresa Dickert
Opinion Editor
Many Carroll students voted on Sept. 10, the day of the Wisconsin primary, but not me. I’ll tell you what... I tried. The primary was on a Tuesday, a day yours truly is busy from morning to night with five classes; no time to vote, so I thought. Lucky for my democratic self, my night class ended early at 7:45 p.m. Great, 15 minutes left until the polls close. Perfect. Unfortunately, I could not vote. I clarify, I could not vote here.
Did you know that those of us in the College Avenue apartments live in a ward that does not vote in the Campus Center? I found that out... just as the polls were closing on the day of the primary. I now vote, I was told after much confusion among the ladies operating the polls in the Campus Center, at Whittier Elementary School on East Avenue.
Now what I want to know is, why? Why must residents of our apartment complex vote at Whittier, which is further from us than all the other dorms? It seems more complicated to me that each year a student moves to another dorm, there is a chance that they will be voting at a new location, and must reregister at that location. I assume that the other dorms would actually be in wards that vote elsewhere, but by some decision, the ward lines have been drawn to include them here so they could vote in the Campus Center. It is a logical decision to place all the students at Carroll in a ward where they vote in a central location; so why not include those of us in the apartments?
Even more confusing is the thought that last year I did vote in the Campus Center, and I was living in the same apartment complex then as I am now. So did I just not let the ladies at the polls know last year that I moved? Did I vote under the address I had my sophomore year in New Hall? I guess so. Perhaps that is the solution. Do not let the ladies know that you moved. It is just simpler that way. Or, perhaps, now that you are aware, you can sign up at Whittier (if you live in the College Apartments that is). In either case, I do hope you will vote this upcoming election (the midterm election is on Nov. 5). Just make sure you know where you must vote ahead of time, and you will not get stuck in the same situation as I was. Oh, and if you live in the College Avenue apartments, I’ll see you Nov. 5 at the polls!
