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Originally Posted by sailaway21
Am I the only one who is mildly nauseated by the get out the vote efforts? The MTV "rock the vote" takes first prize for attracting the most citizens, least likely to have had a passing grade in civics, and encouraging them to vote. Jefferson felt that public education was necessary for people to be qualified to vote. In fact, that seems to be the only reason he favored it. Given the state of public education, not to mention MTV, I see no reason to encourage anyone to vote.
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Sad, but too true. I've always been of a mind that anyone voting for a federal candidate should get a ballot that states the candidate's position on 10 issues, rather than one with name and party affliation on it. Can't you just imagine the hue and cry that would raise? And that no one would even care that by opposing it, you're saying people are too stupid to cast an intelligent, informed vote.
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