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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
i honestly am not sure i have a stance i can stand on in this debate, so that is why was unable to guide the discussion from the start. i'm very interested in testing other's opinions to see if i can establish an informed opinion on the issue.
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Well, I honestly can't understand why
anyone would want to prevent or limit the registration of new voters.
So, as I mentioned in another thread, I would recommend that the US instigate a system of obligatory voting. That way, no one (the Democrats
or the Republicans) could argue that their candidate was only elected by a small minority of voters.
In a democracy everyone should vote. I think it's disengenous for a political party, a fundamental constituent part of said democracy, to argue against the widest possible inclusivenss of the electorate.
If one party is "afraid" that all these newly registered voters will support the other party, then they should modify their policies so as to gain a wider degree of support themselves.
Isn't this a basic tenet of a democratic system? The party with the most popular polices (not necessarily the "best") gets elected?
Mr Mephisto