To the editor:
Voting is the most essential part of our democracy. Looking through the Constitution, you can see that there six amendments that specifically protect our right to vote.
As a college student who hopes to return to New Jersey, I applaud the state Legislature for passing the new vote-by-mail reforms signed into law last month. It ensures that the thousands of people like me who vote by mail can freely exercise their right to vote.
This will truly benefit all members of society including working parents, seniors who might have limited mobility, and those who have long commutes into New York City or other parts of the state—not to mention college students like myself.
It’s important that as many people as possible participate in our democracy. This law truly empowers all of those who voted by mail in 2016, 2017, and 2018; their voice matters as equally now, as it did in those previous elections.
Decisions being made on the federal level all the way down to local boards of education truly impact our communities and quality of life. Everyone should have an equal opportunity to have a say in how our governments function. This new VBM law starts us in the right direction.
