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Obama suggests requiring everyone to vote
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:40 pm
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"If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country," he said, adding that mandatory voting would "counteract money more than anything."
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Mandatory voting certainly would alter the political map -- and likely in the president's favor. Less than 37 percent of Americans voted in November's election, and those who didn't would probably have supported Democrats. With mandatory voting, the election might have been a victory for Obama's party, rather than a defeat.
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top upvoted comment on reddit brought some common sense too if you ask me.
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Do what every country but ours does make election day a national paid holiday, close everything.
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Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:40 pm to cas4t
god damnit it I just saw weagle's thread
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:41 pm to cas4t
I like the idea of making it a national holiday but don't think it should be mandatory
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:42 pm to cas4t
frick this lying big eared motherfricker, can't wait till he meets impeachment coming over the middle.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:51 pm to cas4t
He may be right, but I actually want fewer and fewer people to vote. So my vote counts for more. I'd be happy if the number of committed voters in this country dwindled to, say, fewer than 100,000. 1 in 100,000: those are fighting odds for a man with my reckless temperament and bizarre belief system.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 7:26 pm to cas4t
So, everyone has vote, yet nobody has to show ID to do it?
Posted on 3/19/15 at 7:28 pm to cas4t
I'm all for encouraging people to vote but I stop short of making it mandatory. A tax break for voters would be nice.
I don't think anyone on welfare should be allowed to vote. Voters on the dole are all too predictable.
I don't think anyone on welfare should be allowed to vote. Voters on the dole are all too predictable.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 7:34 pm to cas4t
Wow, I think what he really wants is for everybody to vote for him to be mandatory. This guy is bat shite crazy.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 8:20 pm to cas4t
If every public servant acted like it, that would completely change the political map, too, wouldn't it obama?
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:16 am to cas4t
I think you should have to pass some kind of literacy test to be allowed to vote. Why can't we do something like that, huh?
Posted on 3/20/15 at 4:29 pm to cas4t
We should discourage the average person from voting. Anyone who has ever been in customer service can attest to this.
I would be in favor of re-instituting tests.
I would be in favor of re-instituting tests.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 5:41 pm to cas4t
This kind of stuff is used to hype voting as we approach another major election cycle.
This is designed to make it seem as if voting makes a difference at all in the outcome of elections when in reality the winner bought before anyone steps in a booth.
This is designed to make it seem as if voting makes a difference at all in the outcome of elections when in reality the winner bought before anyone steps in a booth.
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