Why do Conservatives tend to hate early voting?

There is no line to be drawn. What's so hard about leaving them be to not vote?

That is certainly an option. In contrast, I believe a representative democracy should be representative of as many of its peoples' wishes as possible. If we send ballots to all eligible voters, more people will vote. I think participation's a net positive. People can still choose not to vote if that is their wish. I don't agree that it's a good thing that only 50ish% of our eligible population votes.

Why do you want people that purposefully avoid the process and choose to be uninformed help decide who our representatives are?

I think it's like everything else. If you create barriers to vote, more people won't vote. If we make it easier, more people will and more people will get involved/be informed on average. I don't see that as the net negative you do.

Where else in life is that a good idea?

The census, polling, preventative care, sex education, insurance pools . . . I suppose anything where more full participation benefits everyone.

Just because people are ignorant in other ways does not mean they are politically ignorant. (I'll admit it's probably a safe bet though)

Semantics, but fine. Just take the center of the Venn diagram. Those uninformed people's votes count. And arguably, their misinformation applied to voting is worse than some of the apathetic group's vote.

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