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Voters Service - New Faces of '72There's a new profile for Voters Service this year -- reflecting the new face of politics in 1972: NEW VOTERS. A constitutional amendment, the passage of time, and federal legislation has:
This is a total of approximately 35 million potential new voters. Thus, while the, estimated voting age population in 1972 is about 20 million more people than in 1908 according to the Census Bureau), nearly twice that many have been in one way or another newly enfranchised. NEW PARTY RULES. The major political parties have undertaken and are affected by an unprecedented movement for reform to give citizens wider access to the presidential nominating process. NEW STATE ELECTION LAWS. There are more presidential primaries than ever before. Registration deadlines, absentee regulations, residency requirements have changed in many stance. NEW ELECTION DISTRICTS, The 1970 census has documented shifts in population, forcing reapportionment and redistricting, changing the number of Congressional Districts d electoral college votes) in 1'+ states. NEW CAMPAIGN SPENDING RULES. There are new requirements for the reporting of political contributions and expenditures, Limits have been placed on the amount that candidates may spend for political advertising in the mass communications media. NEW CONSCIOUSNESS OF T8E ELECTION PROCESS Public attention has been drawn to the administration of election laws as a result of litigation on such questions as student residency. NEW POLITICAL ACTIVISM. Women, young People, blacks and others are organizing to make their voices heard more effectively in the nomination and election process. The above factors outline the broad framework within which Voters Service is, and will be working this year. Probably no League in the world could respond to all the "opportunities and challenges" posed by this tremendous potential for voter discouragement and confusion. With such a changed, and still changing, face of politics to deal with, the traditional status quo techniques clearly will not suffice. New vitality and perspective must be sought through creative, persistent, imaginative and SELECTIVE, planning. So -- back to the drawing board: criteria to be established, priorities to be determined and choices to be made which combine to best advantage our League's skills, interest and time with greatest community need and the strongest possibilities for community cooperation, media support, and funding. Do you have ideas on how to reach our voters here in Honolulu more effectively? Share them! Call Claudia Patil Ph; 254-3741 or Dorothy Thompson Ph: 235-2504.
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