Re:Your company can increase voter turnout: make Election Da...
by Spivak on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:35PM
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1. This is a terrible idea. Government compelled speech is never a good idea. The fine will be paid in mass by people who are poor and overworked.
3. Why two days? If you're trying to increase voter turnout why not make it a week?
4. This is really in conflict with all the other points to increase voter turn out. Increasing the number of ways of submitting your vote should be the goal. I would imagine that a huge portion of the population doesn't care about their vote being anonymous or non-verifiable and would take the convenience of voting instantly in the comfort of my own home. I would. Do whatever you need to make it secure, have people to a TSA-precheck style interview if you must. Require a government provided 2FA.
5. Ha, all you've really done is politicize the electoral commission. Doubly so when they also have control of redistricting.
3. Why two days? If you're trying to increase voter turnout why not make it a week?
4. This is really in conflict with all the other points to increase voter turn out. Increasing the number of ways of submitting your vote should be the goal. I would imagine that a huge portion of the population doesn't care about their vote being anonymous or non-verifiable and would take the convenience of voting instantly in the comfort of my own home. I would. Do whatever you need to make it secure, have people to a TSA-precheck style interview if you must. Require a government provided 2FA.
5. Ha, all you've really done is politicize the electoral commission. Doubly so when they also have control of redistricting.