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examining the returns of recent national elections, has pointed out the necessity for every qualified citizen to exercise his or her franchise. Consider these statistics.
In the 1980 election, 70 million eligible Americans did not vote. In sixteen staes, five percentage points separated Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. These states produced 166 electoral votes, more than 60 percent of the 270 required to carry the Electoral College. Had substantial numbers of laggards invoked their privilege of voting, the final results of the contest might have been changed.
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