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The city of Brazil has 5,413 registered voters. Only 437 cast ballots in Tuesday's primary,Cheap Jerseys, just 8 percent. Not one, but two races ended in margins of one vote or less. One such case would represent a fluke,Wholesale Jerseys Online, mere coincidence. Two indicates a problem, which extends to the entire state,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, not just Brazil's city limits.
"The trend of not voting in the last general election (last November) and in this primary is pretty sad," Roscoe told the Tribune-Star. "I am hoping people take a look at this and come out and vote in the general election (this November)."
So, in addition to raising voter awareness, state legislators should open the door to easier voting. They should get rid of the ancient 29-days-before-the-election deadline for voters to register; the voter ID law legislators cooked up in 2005 — under the ridiculous pretense of addressing nonexistent voter fraud — erases the need for such an early deadline. Election Day registration would vastly boost turnouts. Lawmakers should automatically pre-register 16- and 17-year-olds as voters when they get their driver's license. And, they should stop demanding that voters provide an excuse voting absentee.
Slim margins mean we should change voting process
State lawmakers should pay attention, too. Apathy and a lack of hot races aren't the lone contributors to low turnouts across the state. Indiana had the worst voter turnout of any state last November,Cheap Jerseys USA, and its lowest since World War II. Numerous elections since the 1940s have lacked a high-profile race and still drew larger turnouts.
Tribune-Star, Terre Haute. May 11, 2015.
Beyond the task of settling the two races,Jerseys Wholesale, a larger question arises of what Indiana can do to increase voter participation. Scant turnouts increase the likelihood of more elections being determined by a single household of voters or a single person, or ending in a once-unheard-of tie. Clay County Democratic Party Chairman Harvey E. Roscoe saw it happen twice Tuesday.

In an at-large Brazil City Council race, incumbent Democrat William Lovett and challenger Brandy Pierce each received 146 votes. A tie. Thus, after both candidates decide against pursuing a recount, a Democratic Party caucus will determine who gets the nomination. In another Brazil City Council race, challenger G. Steven Bell out-polled incumbent A. Ann Bradshaw by one vote,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, 63 to 62. In a Friday Tribune-Star report, Bradshaw said she hadn't yet decided whether to seek a recount.
Close outcomes in elections are not uncommon. Who can forget the 2000 presidential race in which Al Gore received 543,895 more votes than George W. Bush, but lost that razor-thin contest in the Electoral College?
As long as Indiana clings to restrictive voting policies, fewer and fewer people will vote, and the margins of victory will get slimmer and slimmer.
Situations that unfolded in the Wabash Valley in Tuesday's primary for municipal offices reflect a troubling trend, though. The number of voters participating in Indiana elections has gotten so low that a few handfuls of ballots are deciding outcomes.