I feel the opposite. We should have mandatory voting for all federal general elections. Treat it like jury duty or taxes - voting is a civic duty. You should be compelled to cast a ballot even if you leave it blank because you have no preference.
Of course, this can only workwith automatic voter registration and 100% mail-in ballots.
But really, we do need a voting competency test.
I know why this idea seems attractive to people sometimes, but I don’t trust the people in power to administer one in an unbiased way.
also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test
But really, we do need (ARBITRARY BARRIER) to (HUMAN RIGHT)
I feel the opposite. We should have mandatory voting for all federal general elections. Treat it like jury duty or taxes - voting is a civic duty. You should be compelled to cast a ballot even if you leave it blank because you have no preference.
Of course, this can only workwith automatic voter registration and 100% mail-in ballots.