Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, FCC suggests

Re:Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, FCC sugg... by ameister14 on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:50PM (#14975281)

By your metric, nobody has won the popular vote in 2012, 2008, 2004, 2000, 96, 92, 88, 84, 80, etc. either.

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Re:Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, FCC sugg... by losteric on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @09:38PM (#14975540)

That's right. We're chronic non-voters that are blind to the significance of that block.

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Re:Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, FCC sugg... by croon on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:09AM (#14978464)

To add a comparison to your point, in the last election in Sweden, 85.8% of the voting-age population voted.

A few key differences:

* Everyone is already registered to vote (through IRS equivalent records)

* It's always on a Sunday

* Everyone gets a letter home in advance telling them where to go to vote (60% usually do this), or how to mail-in vote.

* Identification is handled either through ID/drivers license, OR someone with a valid ID vouching for your identity.

* There are 8+ parties to vote from, and you get parliament representation if your newly created party gets 4% of votes.

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