Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout

Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by debracleaver on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @03:55PM (#11716816)

who decides if someone is informed enough? will their be a test? if so, we're treading dangerously into the jim crow era of american voting, and i don't think either one of us would be comfortable with that.

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by jqm on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @04:02PM (#11716895)

Each potential voter decides if they are informed enough. Or at least interested enough. And the two probably go together.

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by Retric on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @04:41PM (#11717230)

I find more informed people are often less motivated to vote.

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by michaelkeenan on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:18PM (#11718012)

According to the sidebar in the Wikipedia article on voter turnout[1], increasing education leads to increasing likelihood to vote.

38% - No high school 43% - Some high school 57% - High school graduate 66% - Some college 79% - College grad 84% - Post-graduate

Though, possibly, being educated isn't the same thing as being informed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout#Socio-economic_f...

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by Retric on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:03PM (#11718958)

There are barriers to voting that tend to crop up the less white collar your job. One sad issue is lines tend to be vastly longer in poor areas.

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