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Gov. Brown approves automatic voter registration for Californians

Mason66 said:
No it isn't.

I am asking if automatic registration won't provide the results they are looking for why do it?
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What evidence do you have that it isn't?

What do you think they are looking for?
 
Mr. Invisible said:
What evidence do you have that it isn't?

What do you think they are looking for?
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Show me a connection between automatically registering people and voter turn out.
 
Mason66 said:
Show me a connection between automatically registering people and voter turn out.
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I don't think there has to be one. I think that it's good that people are registered to vote, even if they never do vote.
 
Northern Light said:
My friend doing a stint in Brazil says that everyone there must vote, and if they don't it can affect their whole lives. Can't get another copy of your birth certificate if it gets lost, can't get a social insurance number, driver's license, can't work, can't get a bank card, can't register your kids in school, the list goes on. When you vote you get a document confirming that you voted, and when you go to renew all other forms of ID you need to show it. It ensures everyone who can vote, does vote.

Not sure if I agree with systems of oppression like that, but I do like the idea of mandatory voting. It keeps people engaged in politics and it self-motivates them to exercise their democracy. It's about power of the People and if they're not doing the absolute bare minimum by voting then they're not even participating, and that affects everything.
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Lol !

Yep, nothing like Totalitarian threats to " self motivate " people
 
Mr. Invisible said:
I don't think there has to be one. I think that it's good that people are registered to vote, even if they never do vote.
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But the reason this legislation was passed was because there was a low voter turn out recently. Now they pass this expecting voter turn out to go up. I would like to see the connection.
 
joG said:
How do you handle it, when the voter moves to a new district?
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Presumably your address gets updated when you notify the state, or you go to the DMV to change your driver's license or file your state income taxes.
 
Henrin said:
It takes even less energy to do nothing at all. I liked that choice.
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Well, now, if you are a Californian you have a box to check.

My condolences.;)
 
Currently, its up to the voter to fill out the registration card(under penalty of law if they are ineligible to vote). Now, its flipped, with the Secretary of State required to determine if you are eligible to vote.

Should be quite the interesting statistics(if the state ever provides it) since 52% of licenses issued last year went to ineligible voters.
 
brothern said:
Presumably your address gets updated when you notify the state, or you go to the DMV to change your driver's license or file your state income taxes.
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You certainly don't want people voting more than once or twice. ;)
 
Ancient Herald said:
It's not propaganda. Our votes mean nothing.

And yo are not thinking of the children. You only want to use the children to shield yourself from unpleasant opinions.

Your posts have no substance nor credibility to me.
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Lol.

Your ideas of credibility and substance mean nothing to me, I don't even know why you'd say that. I don't care if you don't like the truth or refuse to accept facts.

I do know that the rest of us adults will actually carry out our duties as citizens.

Your comment is hilarious though, thanks for the laugh.
 
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