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We can talk about this, and it is a great idea. Another way showing difference between Democrats and Republicans. Red Arizona has at least 15 days of early voting.. Could be more..not impossible to have better system than now.

These things need to be discussed. Defeatism leads to more right wing.

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Rather meaningless. It's like kissing babies. You say it, even though you know that baby's not going to vote for you. It's a sign, a symbol, an index for other traits and properties.

Otherwise it's a waste of time, but nobody likes to hear those words.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/turnout.php

Immediately after voting rights were guaranteed there was an increase in the % of voting age population that turned out--but this also was a politically charged time, so there's a confound. Then the percentage dropped off. And continued to drop. As we had early voting added, extended hours, motor-voter registration, more early voting, voting my mail, guaranteed absentee ballots in more states, the % of voting age population steadily dropped *except* in certain years for very specific reasons mostly unrelated to all the hugely, vastly important initiatives of all which were guaranteed to reverse the decline and often claimed would boost voting percentages by double digits at the very least. Failed initiatives are not merely forgotten; nobody wants to unforget that they existed.

The actual problems that block voter turnout are fairly uncommon (although they're dominant in the press narrative--anecdotes =/= data). Yes, they more often than not affect (D) minority voters. However, they more often than result from actions by (D) boards of elections and result not from discrimination but by policies that say "the best way to distribute voting equipment is to look at where it was needed in the last few elections." Those unexpectedly long lines and heavy turnout in 2008 in some areas that had historically low vote turnout led to some really badly underutilized equipment in 2012. That, however, was not newsworthy.

The systemic impediments to voter turnout that keep getting a lot of press would return the status quo very often to the mid-2000s or mid-1990s, and that in just some states. Given that there wasn't much of an increase since then, it's unlikely that those blocks would lead to the double-digit declines predicted. (And, in areas where such anti-voter rules have been put in place, there's been barely a significant drop-off. Again, the predictions are grandiose, but reality is trifling.)

GOTV has trumped all of the vast improvements. And that's only a few percentage points above baseline, and not even that in all years.

I hope that she can get it through after she is elected

fucking pugs trying to take that too.

Hillary Clinton calls for sweeping expansion of voter access
http://wapo.st/1dhUfIN

A few states already have progressive voting in place like Oregon. Of course it is up to the individual state unless the Federal legislation is enacted again. So while you can propose it, as president she'd have to convince Congress to restore the parts of the Voting Rights Act.