Today is National Voter Registration Day, the largest one-day effort to register voters in the U.S. Local registration events were hosted this morning by the Collier County Supervisor of Elections and will continue on tonight from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Crunch Fitness in Naples, located at 6013 Pine Ridge Rd.
Peter Bergerson, a political science professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, sits down with Gulf Coast Live to talk about the importance of registering and how much each vote truly counts.
He is joined by WGCU Morning Edition host and reporter John Davis, who covers local, state and national politics. He gives some insight into the difference between the popular vote and the electoral college system that most recently put President Donald Trump into office. Trump became the second president in 16 years to be elected this way.
The two will also speak about redistricting, gerrymandering and voter suppression.
