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« on: February 21, 2015, 05:24:38 PM »

The thing is that people who don't vote probably shouldn't vote

In a democracy, you don't get to decide who should or should not vote.
That's not what im saying, what im saying is that people who can but choose not to register to vote are almost always the most uninformed in society and we should not feel the need to encourage them to alter our government if they already have made it clear that they don't care

It's not necessarily that the majority of unregistered voters "don't care."  They might not entirely understand the connection between election results and impacts on their own lives, but that isn't necessarily their fault, either.  They might have other legitimate reasons for thinking that the options won't represent their views, also.  We have to give everybody the ability to participate, even the apathetic, as otherwise it undermines the integrity of the process.

A government where 65% of adults aren't voting is not a government that is receptive to any public interests.  It's not that these people don't have opinions about the way this country should be run.  They obviously do.
Yes but are you comfortable with people who do not know any of the candidates and nothing about the office consistently swinging elections?

What, you mean people for an higher minimum wage and better labor laws but voting for Republicans because abortion? They already vote.
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