SENATE BILL: Same Day Registration Amendment (Failed)

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I also agree with Napoleon. A seven-day waiting period is ridiculous, and I honestly can't think of one reason why it's a good idea. Like it or not, most "recruiting" happens before an election. To have someone join with all intentions of becoming an active member, only to have us throw away their first vote... it's just a total slap in the face. And what for?

If you meet the post count requirements and manage to get your registration in before the election, you should be able to vote.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

A zombie voter will be a zombie voter whether they register a week before the election or an hour before the election. All this hoop will do is unduly postpone this person's "uneducated vote" to the next cycle. And for all the new registrants who don't plan on being zombie voters, yeah—it's a slap in the face. The seven-day period does not remove voters from the rolls, so it's not like it's actually mitigating the problem of disengagement. There are new voters out there who'd probably be able to make a more informed decision than "Hnv1" or "dkrolga" anyway. Like it or not, Atlasian elections are a numbers game—the waiting period itself is just as short-sighted as the recruiting pracitices it's trying to fight.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Aye

To the utmost.