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EDITORIAL MANDATORY DEMOCRACY LOOKING FOR VOTERS IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES.


OH, those kids today. They won't take out the trash. They talk back. And they won't vote.

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     2. In order to make good laws, it is necessary to understand those which are in force; the legislator ought therefore, to be thoroughly imbued with a knowledge of the laws of his country, their advantages and defects; to
 thinks he has a solution -- at least for the last problem. Assemblyman Joe Coto Assemblymember Joe Coto (D- San Jose) is currently serving his second term in the California Assembly. His agenda in the Legislature continues to focus on making California’s schools the best in the nation. , D-San Jose, is proposing making registering to vote a requirement of high school graduation.

Coto is right that too few Californians bother to vote, but he's looking for Looking for

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 a solution in the wrong place.

People only vote when they feel that their vote counts. In California, thanks to the safe districts drawn by politicians, a vote often doesn't count.

Moreover, American government was built on a premise of freedom, and forcing anyone to participate in elections violates that promise.

Those who want to participate, can. Those who don't, lose the right to complain about it.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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Date:Feb 5, 2007
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