Quote Originally Posted by psteve
It should be illegal to avoid voting. Like taxes or jury duty.
Better yet, you should lose privileges and rights for not voting.
Didn't vote? You can't get a drivers license.
Didn't vote? No public school for your kids.
Didn't vote? No deductions on your tax form.
You can't force people to use their rights. If that were the case, America would be a dictatorship instead of a democratic/Socialist state.

Personally, I feel voting should not be a right for all. I would be more than happy to support limiting the right to vote to those who prove they are intelligent enough to make an intelligent decision. As opposed to voting on someone simply because they are the same sex, race, or religion as themselves.

Hell, we got stuck with Blanco as Governor last time simply because people around here didn't want to vote for someone with brown skin. This isn't just a suspicion either. I have had at least 15 people tell me they didn't vote for Bobby Jindal last election because he was "Arab looking." He was born in f-ing Louisiana.

Unfortunately, if there were an I.Q. requirement to vote, it wouldn't take long for them to start limiting more of our rights.

No one is required to exercise their rights. Thats like saying everyone should be punished who does not own a firearm.

I'm also sick of people saying every vote counts. No it doesn't, the system would work just as well if we drew the candidates names out of hats.
JaggedEdge Reviewed by JaggedEdge on . I'm considering not voting. Louisiana State elections are coming up and I want to put a bullet through my brain. I had the wonderful privilege of watching a bit of the Senate race debate that took place on campus. Luckily, thanks to the DVR, I was able to fast forward through most of it. One of the candidates I believe may be clinically insane, the other is a 22 year old grad student who had to keep reading his answers off a piece of paper, and the person currently holding the position comes off as a rich snob. Rating: 5