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Democracy and Civic Engagement

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D emocracy can only exist when informed citizens work along with institutions that enforce the law fairly and with honor. Unfortunately, there has been a disturbing trend growing within the last few years. Voters are staying at home and not going to the polls yet they believe that change must take place at every level of this country. I find it imperative to state that one of the most powerful agents of change in any government is the voice of the people. M artin Luther King once said  " Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial “outside agitator” idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.” Although his statement's purpose might not have directly been aimed at the lack of civic engagement that plagues America today, it can still be applied to modern times because in reality, anyone who doesn't use their voting rights is in a way an outsider. It is almost as if they are proclaiming