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2005 N.J. Law. 44 (2005)
Right to Vote and Be Counted: A Liberty at Risk, The

handle is hein.barjournals/nwjrylr0049 and id is 106 raw text is: The Right to Vote and Be Counted: A Liberty at Risk by Angelo J. Genova and Rebecca Moll Freed Voting is a fundamental right- a liberty that generations of Americans fought to obtain; a liberty that is now at risk because recent events have shaken voter confidence in our electoral system. T he 2000 presidential election left many voters wondering whether their votes would make a differ- ence, or even be counted. Confi- dence in the system began to deteriorate. Although our electoral system was flawed long before the 2000 presidential election, voter confidence seems to be at an all time low. We must now look to the law to determine what legal changes need to be made to increase voter turnout, increase voter confidence and increase the probability that each and every legal vote will be counted. The Right to Vote and Be Counted Abraham Lincoln best described democracy as government of the people, by the people, and for the people. For our government to truly embrace this concept, the people must vote and have their votes counted. Although the right to vote has evolved over the course of American history-with the gradual expansion of the right from a ballot limited to white, male property owners to a univer- sal franchise for nearly everyone over the age of 18-we are still struggling to create a system where every vote counts. The right to vote is a fundamental constitution- al right guaranteed under both the New Jersey and 44 NEW JERSEY LAWYER I April 2005

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