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-Notre Dame Write to Vote | Thursday, December 8, 2022
What’s next? This immortal question is the catchphrase of Jed Bartlet, fictional U.S. president and Notre Dame graduate in “The West Wing.” After every celebration of a bill passed, nominee confirmed or negotiation reached, Jed would ask the same question. What’s next? One month out from the 2022 midterm elections, you might find yourself asking
Notre Dame Write to Vote | Friday, November 18, 2022
The midterm election occurred on November 8, 2022 with surprising outcomes. A midterm is supposed to be the time that the opposing party can make up ground for the next Presidential election, in this case a “Red Wave”, but that is not what happened. Voters rejected antidemocratic and autocratic candidates this election by denouncing many
Notre Dame Write to Vote | Thursday, November 3, 2022
In the 2020 Introductory U.S. Bishops Letter, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the bishops call upon “everyone living in this country . . . to participate in public life and contribute to the common good.” The U.S. bishops stress that everyone has to partake in political life in our country. The simplest and most universal
Notre Dame Write to Vote | Thursday, September 29, 2022
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” And coming from Abraham Lincoln, that must really mean something. All jokes aside, ballots stitch our democracy together. Without them, the power of leaders would go unchecked, public interests would be sacrificed for personal gain and the government of the people, by the people, for the people would
Notre Dame Write to Vote | Thursday, September 15, 2022
No one is born with an innate knowledge of American democracy; we only come to know what citizenship and freedom mean in context. No one is born knowing what comprises the process of voter registration, how to engage with congressional representatives and where to research critical policies. That knowledge is shaped by experience. Long lines