Hello, everyone! After sketching out my capstone project concept earlier this week, it's time for me to spruce things up a bit with my project pitch! Here goes nothing: So national voter turnout rates are criminally low given the importance of exercising our voting right and myriad of opportunities for us to do so. College students (e.g. I and several of you reading this) constitute the largest voting demographic, yet turn out at the lowest rates come Election Day! Contrary to popular belief, this doesn't indicate apathy on our part - in fact, we're some of the most passionate advocates of civic engagement - but rather exhaustion surrounding the involvement process, in which I believe the faulty structure of our current voter registration forms plays a key role. Therefore, I've decided that I want to create the optimal voter registration form for all U.S. citizens of legal age (18 or older), correcting some major flaws I found upon analyzing a small sample of state forms and thus making the forms more accessible to interested parties. For instance:
But wait, how'll I execute all this? Well...
Now, you're probably thinking, Mike, this sounds like so much work! How'll you pace yourself through all this? Fair question, which I'll answer to the best of my ability. Given the extent of my schedule - which is incredibly packed and has a considerable number of moving parts - I don't feel so comfortable committing to particular dates at the moment, but I can try to estimate the weeks during which I'd like to accomplish certain tasks. Here's a tentative timeline for the completion of my capstone project: Week ending on October 5: Complete Step 1 Week ending on October 12: Complete Step 2 Week ending on October 26: Complete Step 3 (just in time for my "Project prototype" deadline on October 25) Week ending on November 2: Complete Step 4 Week ending on November 9: Complete Step 5 (and create a promotional social media post on Facebook and Twitter for my "Project trailer," which is due on November 8) November 22: Complete Steps 6 and 7 In conclusion, I'd like to address my project's potential impact. As one of my peers and even my professor suggested, I could certainly present this to state government officials with a letter outlining my intentions. I'm incredibly fortunate to have extensive writing experience across a wide array of genres - including that of the formal letter - and my affiliation with UConnPIRG should facilitate my connections to local legislators. Even if my project proves more inconsequential than I'd like, I'm still excited to undertake this initiative for an issue that's been one of my greatest passions for about half of my existence thus far! That's about all I have for you today, and until next time, I'll leave you with a Melodramatic Mike Drop™!
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