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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by hueving on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @05:56PM (#11717825)
If that were true, why wouldn't the government try to push mandatory voting laws when it had leadership from the Democrat party?
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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:15PM (#11717992)
> If that were true, why wouldn't the government try to push mandatory voting laws when it had leadership from the Democrat party?

Because the Democratic Party prefers to expand voting by expanding access (making it easier to register, and easier to vote by expanding times, methods, etc.) rather than by personal mandates and threats of punishment.

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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by justinlardinois on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @07:11PM (#11718385)
Never mind that at the end of the day, the federal government has very little control over elections.
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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @07:18PM (#11718421)
The Democratic Party doesn't just exist in federal government, so I'm not sure how that's relevant, whether or not its true.
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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by rtpg on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:20PM (#11719479)
Well looking at state legislatures, it kind of doesn't exist outside the federal gov't
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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:36AM (#11719764)
Looking at legislatures, plenty where the Democrats are more powerful at the State level then they are in Congress.
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