To vote, or not to vote?

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To vote, or not to vote?

In a dimly lit high school civics classroom, Autumn Ploot and her classmates watched as an election hinged on one vote: Kevin Costner’s. The 2008 movie “Swing Vote” featured the A-list actor as Bud, a man from New Mexico whose singular vote would decide the outcome of the presidential election. The bargain-basket flick was intended to emphasize the importance of participating in elections.  “That was supposed to inspire us to vote,” Ploot, now a…