The number of college students who can not vote absentee by mail is increased, because the reason is 'I do not know how to buy stamps'

By snow

Although it is one of the most important democratic acts to vote in the election and elect the chiefs and lawmakers, in the United States there are an increasing number of college students who can not return the paper even if they want to vote for absentee. The reason is that it is "I do not know where to buy stamps".

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People who are convenient at the election voting day and who can not travel to the polling station can do "absentee vote" in advance. In the United States Absentee ballot called absentee ballot system, preliminary voting, ballot paper submission by the agent, voting outside the designated polling place is possible, and ballot papers are accepted by post.

However, in the US Virginia State Fairfax County, many university students who could not return paper because they did not know how to buy stamps appeared. According to Lisa Connors of the Public Security Bureau of the Fairfax County Public Security Bureau, the students applied for the absentee ballot properly and finished up to fill the form, but when it was time to buy stamps and return it, It is said that I could not return the paper because I did not know the "where the stamps are sold".

By Nadya Peek

This is considered to be caused by the fact that opportunities to send letters and sealed letters are actually reduced by using mail. There are actually people who do not understand the concept of "stamps" indeed, and it seems that the hurdles are surprisingly high for the young generation not familiar with the system of mail. According to Mr. Connors, there are a few young people who could not vote beforehand by hitting such walls.

Although it is an event that can not be forbidden to those who have experience using mail, when considering the sudden change in society since entering the 2000s, there are also parts that can be understood as "Sumomo Nann" . Generations familiar with communicating with e-mails and messenger applications since childhood since children who have seen pay TV programs such as Netflix can not understand "CM" children, "generation of mail Perhaps it is reasonable that you can not understand the concept of the mechanism called "mechanism.

People who could not afford such stamps actually need to go to the preliminary polling place to vote. However, when using the system, it is necessary to perform new complicated procedures such as changing the residence place and changing the polling place, and the election management organization is taking a lot of effort to inform it.

By norobodo