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And think of the promotions that businesses could run. Half off an appetizer if you voted. First beer free if you voted. 5% off your purchase for voting.
None of which is new and was used extensively during the 19th century.
I think they also call those bribes. How about tax credits for buying guns? If we are going to encourage people to exercise their constitutional rights we should be fair.
Haha, true, tax credits for voting would technically be bribing people. But making voting day a national holiday would not.
I'll just bet that y'all are sure that it's just one step from mandatory voting to only being allowed to vote for approved candidates.
Riiiight...
How do some people get out of bed every day?
That's a nice stretch of imagination from what I posted. But a dictator is a dictator, so nothing would be far from the realm of possibility, especially with someone like Obama, who has no problem changing the law, even though the President has not been giving legislative power.
That's a nice stretch of imagination from what I posted. But a dictator is a dictator, so nothing would be far from the realm of possibility, especially with someone like Obama, who has no problem changing the law, even though the President has not been giving legislative power.
Well if Obama is going to push this then they are going to need groups to go door to door to register folks and bring them to the polls to vote. If the USG makes it mandatory then the USG is responsible to make sure registering and voting is accessible to all.
And what group better suited for this then an ACORN2
He can always start recruiting for the New Black Panther Party.
I never said it was a 'new' idea. There have been many topics pertaining to societies discussed over the course of thousands of years of civilization.
I guess you don't understand the phrase 'off the cuff'.
No you don't understand it's usage in your original post or would have worded your supposition differently . If you do understand its contextual usage in your post then you were being dismissively deceptive in your usage.
That is what makes this thread so entertaining, people seem to think this is an actual proposal or something.
They seem to be deliberately blind to the fact that requiring 100% voter participation is NOT A MANDATE and HAS NOT BEEN PROPOSED IN ANY LEGISLATION.
Why do they go off as if another one of their FREEDOMS is being taken away, maybe by tomorrow!
Words are scary to them, I guess. Ideas even more so. When people are unable to tell reality from nightmares (or daymares, in this case), that makes them psychotic, right?
That wasn't his question, but nice try at dodging the question. We are talking about 100% showing up to the polls and voting, why are right wingers so afraid of this?
I'm not afraid and wish more people voted.
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