red states rule
06-05-2015, 03:15 AM
And just to make sure you are registered (as a Dem of course) they will register you twice. What is next? Taking liberalism to its logical conclusion - they know it is a pain to wait in line to vote. So give your ballot to your friendly neighborhood liberal poll watcher and they will complete your ballot for you
Anyone support this?
As you may have heard, Hillary Clinton is already leaning into the ever-simmering battle over voting. Her Democratic allies are preparing to wage (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/politics/democrats-voter-rights-lawsuit-hillary-clinton.html) a national legal battle against GOP state-level voting restrictions, and she is calling (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/03/clinton-to-call-for-at-least-20-days-of-early-voting-nationwide/) for a national 20-day early voting period.
But now, Clinton is rolling out another proposal in her push for an expansion of voting access: In a speech in Texas that is underway right now, she is calling for universal, automatic voter registration.
Automatic voter registration for citizens has long been championed (https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/publications/VRM.Proposal.2008.pdf) by voting reformers as a key part of modernizing our voting system. Clinton’s proposal would require the registration of all citizens in every state when they turn 18 years of age, unless they opt out. She is also endorsing the general goal of universal registration for those over 18, without endorsing a specific mechanism to accomplish this. According to the Brennan Center (https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/voter-registration-modernization-0), there are various ways to add people to the voter rolls, such as when changes of address are filed. States can also implement required universal registration for people of all ages, as Oregon has done (https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/how-oregons-new-law-can-change-voter-registration). Clinton cited Oregon as an example today.
Voting reform advocates favor universal, automatic registration as a way (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2008/10/registering_doubt.html) to streamline and simplify the registration process, to eliminate matching problems between state databases, reduce the possibility of voter registration fraud, and maximize voter participation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/04/hillary-leans-hard-into-the-battle-over-voting/
Anyone support this?
As you may have heard, Hillary Clinton is already leaning into the ever-simmering battle over voting. Her Democratic allies are preparing to wage (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/politics/democrats-voter-rights-lawsuit-hillary-clinton.html) a national legal battle against GOP state-level voting restrictions, and she is calling (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/03/clinton-to-call-for-at-least-20-days-of-early-voting-nationwide/) for a national 20-day early voting period.
But now, Clinton is rolling out another proposal in her push for an expansion of voting access: In a speech in Texas that is underway right now, she is calling for universal, automatic voter registration.
Automatic voter registration for citizens has long been championed (https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/publications/VRM.Proposal.2008.pdf) by voting reformers as a key part of modernizing our voting system. Clinton’s proposal would require the registration of all citizens in every state when they turn 18 years of age, unless they opt out. She is also endorsing the general goal of universal registration for those over 18, without endorsing a specific mechanism to accomplish this. According to the Brennan Center (https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/voter-registration-modernization-0), there are various ways to add people to the voter rolls, such as when changes of address are filed. States can also implement required universal registration for people of all ages, as Oregon has done (https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/how-oregons-new-law-can-change-voter-registration). Clinton cited Oregon as an example today.
Voting reform advocates favor universal, automatic registration as a way (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2008/10/registering_doubt.html) to streamline and simplify the registration process, to eliminate matching problems between state databases, reduce the possibility of voter registration fraud, and maximize voter participation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/04/hillary-leans-hard-into-the-battle-over-voting/