Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site convex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!holt From: holt@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Voter turnout in US Message-ID: <40500042@convex.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 10:51:00 EST Article-I.D.: convex.40500042 Posted: Mon Dec 10 10:51:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 03:43:19 EST References: <246@gargoyle.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:gargoyle:-24600:convex:40500042:000:794 Nf-From: convex!holt Dec 10 09:51:00 1984 Pondering on why voter turnout is so low in America, Richard Carnes states: > 1. Voters must register in person in the US, whereas in Europe I believe one > may register by mail (I'm not up on the situation in Botswana). It cost me > a fair amount of trouble to register, and I'm sure that's the case for many > others as well. The comparative difficulty of registering probably accounts > for a good chunk of the lower percentage in the US. I registered by mail, and so did many other people in Texas. Registration laws are enacted by the states. There are 50 different versions (more if you count the territories). Strike reason number 1. People don't vote because they don't like their choices. Dave Holt Convex Computer Corp. {allegra,ihnp4,uiucdcs,ctvax}!convex!holt