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Crazy thought: would it really be that bad?

If the votes end up being noise, it comes out in the wash. And we already have protections against compelling people to vote one way or another, so carrot-sticking children for votes would (continue to be) a serious crime.

It might even grow our children into a less apathetic public.

It's not a joke, it's standard legal verbiage.

If you think certain group of people participating in democracy is a problem, you're advocating for something other than a democracy.