Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote
by thaumasiotes on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:41AM
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> Like I said, making it easier for people to vote (and giving them resources to get informed) is not making people who don't want to vote, vote. It's helping people who want to make a difference get the resources to make a difference.
Your comment is a direct response to this observation:
> And then there's a whole section of the page trying to convince people to vote in the first place, to vote for the down-ballot, etc.
Either I missed something somewhere, or you did.
And sure, you're not sama, but here's what he said on this subject, directly upthread from you, speaking for you ("all the organizations working on this"):
> we have a long, long way to go to 100% voter turnout, and all the organizations working on this share the same fundamental goal.
If your goal is 100% voter turnout, that very much is making people who don't want to vote, vote. It is not helping people who already want to vote to vote. The same goes for the marketing copy on your website aiming to convince people who don't want to that they really should vote.
Your comment is a direct response to this observation:
> And then there's a whole section of the page trying to convince people to vote in the first place, to vote for the down-ballot, etc.
Either I missed something somewhere, or you did.
And sure, you're not sama, but here's what he said on this subject, directly upthread from you, speaking for you ("all the organizations working on this"):
> we have a long, long way to go to 100% voter turnout, and all the organizations working on this share the same fundamental goal.
If your goal is 100% voter turnout, that very much is making people who don't want to vote, vote. It is not helping people who already want to vote to vote. The same goes for the marketing copy on your website aiming to convince people who don't want to that they really should vote.