Eleven of the 20 members of The Collegian editorial staff are going to be casting their ballots in a presidential election for the first time this year. We represent the 49.1% of people aged 18-24 registered to vote in the upcoming national elections, and we've been raised for the better half of our lives watching disillusion and distrust in the political system. We need to vote and see if we're really the promised solution to the problems of the world that prior generations keep assuring us we are. We've all been inundated with information about this national election for the last four years, but the most important part of the civic process isn't who you vote for in the presidential election — it's just as much about the rest of the ballot, the local issues, the state representatives and the amendments up for our determination. As ballots begin to reach our mailboxes and the cycle of political advertisements begins to gain steam, we implore you to crack open the blue books mailed t...