Hillary throwing it down in Houston - calls for universal, automatic voter registration

Random elections cannot come soon enough. Sort of naive to think that automatically registering the apathetic, and forcing people to vote is any more democratic when the choices we're presented are vetted by two corrupt political parties from a pool of people who are hungry for power. Democracy needs people who don't want power, but are representing their local people because its their civic duty.

 

Yes, random elections and term limits would be great too, no more career politicians.

 

Why would you doubt it after the turn out for Obama...? Smart move by her because there were White democrats who didn't vote for Obama because he is Black (Muslim, foreigner, antichrist, etc) and she knows there will be White voters (men and women) who won't vote for her because she's a woman but she can get a big portion of the minority women's vote and she's making it easier for them to vote. She definitely didn't bring a checker board to a chess game.

 

When I record my thumbprint to get my driver's license, I could be registering my identity to vote. Maybe it could be part of your birth certificate, they take fingerprints. (of course the issue is standardizing and sharing the data base since the GOP keeps the federal government on Windows 98)

 

I disagree. As a Republican, I would be for it ... as long as each voter can prove, without a doubt, that he or she is a legitimate citizen of the United States.

 

It would. States that have lighter barriers to registration always have higher turnout. Texas as an example has some of the worst registration laws in the US (putting aside voter ID) which in turn has a dramatic effect on participation in elections.

Cumpolsory voting will never fly in the US but improving the registration process would be a big boost. At least make same day registration mandatory for federal elections. Its so stupid that you have to register 30 days before the election in Texas or you can't vote. You should always be able to register at a polling location.

Oh and while you're at it, increase funding for early voting polling locations. Texas sucks at that too. Early voting lines are way too long in Texas compared to other states. Lines as a whole suck on election day as well (again increase funding for bigger polling locations with more machines).

 

Well, it's a talking point only for her. We won't have automatic registration in time for the presidential election, even if we wanted to. This is a rhetorical counterpoint to voter ID laws and shores up the base.

 

And it's also a good piece of policy by its own merits.

 

That will still get minorities to vote for her and it's a nice set up for whoever her predecessor will be... Maybe another women, maybe another Black person, or maybe a Brown skin Spanish speaking native.

 

Sure automatic voter registration. Lets make it easy. Why not put a voter registration system all along the Rio Grande. As soon as you cross you can register and vote immediately. We could even put early voting booths there. You register then vote. That is the goal isn't it???

 

Good thing there's no pre-registration IQ test or you would be SOL.

 

Sticks and stones!!!

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Washington Post poll- Approval of Voter ID requirements:Black 65% Hispanic 64% 18-29 73% 30-39 74% OK then... <a href="http://t.co/7kC6blDjfQ" title="http://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/606972104588840960/photo/1">pic.twitter.com/7kC6blDjfQ</a></p>&mdash; Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) <a href="https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/606972104588840960" data-datetime="2015-06-05T23:53:21+00:00">June 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

This is an odd response, given that voter registration and early voting access are fairly different issues than voter ID.

 

Why don't you link to the actual poll?

 

Probably my favorite bit on Letterman was just him saying "what the hell happened in Minnesota" every single time a story came up with Jesse Ventura.

I feel like saying the same thing about 2008 every time McCain starts channeling George Mitchell, or I see crap like this.

 

Maybe your goal should be to stop pretending that the largest and oldest non-native ethnic group in this hemisphere coming to its 2nd largest and most populous landmass is the Rape of the Sabine.

 

Ironically enough..

 

And Republicans own the pathetic vote.

 

If the required ID were both free and very easy for any citizen to acquire, I'd be all for it.

Used to be that my voter registration card was plenty, I guess Republicans decided too many people were voting for them to get into office.