By Staff Writer, Dalton Johnson
In the 2020 election, the people of the United States had the opportunity to have their voices heard. For many Iowa Lakes Community College students, this was their first time voting in a Presidential election.
Ian Wells, an Iowa Lakes Aviation student, was one of those students who voted for the first time. This was not Wells first time voting.
“I voted in the off year in 2018,” said Wells.
Although Wells has voted before, he expressed frustration with this year’s election.
“It did not seem well put together,” he said.
Wells wishes the election officials would have communicated with the public about how long the election results were going to take to come in.
With allegations of voter fraud in states like Michigan, Wells also wished that there would have been better supervising in this election.
“(I wish there was) better supervising of what (was) going on,” said Wells.
Overall, Wells was not too terribly disappointed in the election results.
“It is what it is,” he said.
“Personally, I did not get all the people I voted for elected, but you got to work with the other side and see how it goes,” said Wells.
Darrian Kueker, a first year Wind Tech student, also voted for the first time. Kueker was disappointed in the way some states conducted their elections, especially when it came to mail in voting.
“Personally I believe that all states should of closed the polls for mail in ballots on November the 3rd,” said Kueker.
Kueker also says that he wished the mail-in voting would have been reserved for those that could not vote in person.
“I also believe that mail in ballots should of been allowed only for people who truly needed to use the mail in method,” he said.
Along with mail-in voting, Kueker also said that the counting of ballots in some states should have been more closely monitored.
“Counting of the votes needed to be watched by others do the counting can be fair,” he said.
Another issue Kueker mentioned was that it took a lot of time to find out the results of the election.
“Counting the votes does not need to take as long as it has taken,” said Kueker.
The Iowa Lakes sophomore said that this could have been fixed by only allowing states to have ballots in by Election Day.
Overall, Kueker was disappointed in the results, but he accepts the results of the election.
“I’ve accepted the results because the house and senate are split, so whoever is president isn’t going to get much done,” he said.
No matter the election results, student’s voices were heard. Voting is a great privilege our country has, and the citizens of the United States should be thankful for this unique opportunity.
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