So how do you feel about Hillary's call for automatic registration?

[Jitter65]

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton in a speech on Thursday called for universal, automatic voter registration, saying every citizen in the country should be automatically registered to vote when they turn 18, unless they opt-out.

Clinton spoke at Texas Southern University in Houston, where she was receiving the Barbara Jordan Public-Private Leadership Award. She also said Republican-led efforts in several states to further regulate voting and voter registration disproportionately harm both underrepresented communities and young people, adding that Republicans need to “stop fear mongering” about the “phantom epidemic” of voter fraud. (6/2015)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/hillary-clinton-voting-rights_n_7513858.html

[bkkyosemite]

1. She copied it from Bernie who has been saying it for far longer than HRC.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. And... Oregon and California that have already implemented it.

well CA not fully until 2017

[840high]

19. yep

[Uncle Joe]

17. + 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000027

[Jitter65]

25. This article is from 6/2015. I haven't heard Bernie mention this at all. nt

[bkkyosemite]

26. here is just one

http://fusion.net/story/229051/bernie-sanders-voter-registration-democratic-forum/

[bkkyosemite]

27. Read the last sentence at the bottom for sources.......1997

"Revitalizing the electoral process is, in some ways, a simple matter. If the goal is to get more people to vote--and that certainly should be one of our goals--then it is high time we establish automatic voter registration for every American who is 18 or older. Given the growth of technology through the "information highway," a social security card or driver's license should be all that is required for voting. Same-day registration, allowing every American to register up until election day, would substantially increase voter turnout.

Similarly, we must make it more convenient for people to vote. We can open the polls, as is done in other nations, over a 2- or 3-day period--including at least one weekend day-- so that working Americans will have more time to vote. Oregon has shown us another possible route: in that state, voting can be done by mail over a period of up to 4 weeks, and as a consequence voter turnout has risen.
Source: Outsider in the House, by Bernie Sanders, p.226-7 , Jun 17, 1997"

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Government_Reform.htm

[snowy owl]

37. This should be its own thread. People need to see this - esp. those who say he been a do-nothing.

He's been fighting for what's right for his whole career. Sick of the put-downs by clueless people.

[Silver_Witch]

36. Do you even listen to Bernie or have you studied him....

..if you had you would know he had recommended often before Hillary. She has been co-oping his ideals to win over those who support him.

[Gothmog]

47. Where and when?

Clonton gave this sppech almos a year agot

[Vattel]

48. here:

Revitalizing the electoral process is, in some ways, a simple matter. If the goal is to get more people to vote--and that certainly should be one of our goals--then it is high time we establish automatic voter registration for every American who is 18 or older. Given the growth of technology through the "information highway," a social security card or driver's license should be all that is required for voting. Same-day registration, allowing every American to register up until election day, would substantially increase voter turnout.
Similarly, we must make it more convenient for people to vote. We can open the polls, as is done in other nations, over a 2- or 3-day period--including at least one weekend day-- so that working Americans will have more time to vote. Oregon has shown us another possible route: in that state, voting can be done by mail over a period of up to 4 weeks, and as a consequence voter turnout has risen.

Source: Outsider in the House, by Bernie Sanders, p.226-7 , Jun 17, 1997


http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Government_Reform.htm

[votesparks]

3. How in the hell does she think she is going to get this pie in the sky proposal

through an obstructionist congress?

[baldguy]

49. By raising money for down-ticket candidates, campaining for a majority-Dem Congress,

Using the "bully pulpit" of her office to gain support across the country & in the House and Senate to get it passed, then signing it into law.

All things which Sanders can't do & has never done.

[votesparks]

59. Corporatized Dems

have been a disaster for down ballot candidates for years now.

http://www.vox.com/2016/1/14/10761208/democrats-doomed

[hellofromreddit]

4. I agree with her wholeheartedly.

And would add open primaries, remove photo ID requirements, and allow same-day registration corrections.

And no more stripping felons of their right to vote.

[AuntPatsy]

6. Agree

[Cheese Sandwich]

5. She made it happen just by thinking it! She's magic!

[bkkyosemite]

12. She did not make anything happen. This is one of Bernie's tried and true issues.

[radical noodle]

38. So what has he done in all these years to make it happen?

[JackRiddler]

45. What has anyone done, since it hasn't happened?

Vermont has an open primary.

[AgingAmerican]

7. Why didn't she call for this last September?

Oh, wait....

[Agschmid]

21. Actually she called for it in June, a few months before that.

And has been calling for it for a long time...

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-early-voting-nationwide

Don't believe the anti Hillary hype.

[Luminous Animal]

34. Bernie has been calling for it since 1997. That is Hillary less than a year ago.

Where was Hillary as a Senator from one of the most restrictive voting rights in Northern states?

[ViseGrip]

8. It's a great idea, it's just that she's like 12 years late to the party...

She always spends years 'evolving' and that's great. It's just not the pace this job is going to require, moving forward.

[angstlessk]

9. IF she wins the presidency....can we hold her to this promise?

or any other promise she said to become president?

[JackRiddler]

46. Ha!

[think]

10. Sounds great. I hope she keeps advocating for it and speaking out. It makes sense

Let's make it happen.

This issue is very important.

[basselope]

11. I think its great, but I don't think she believes in it for a moment.

[bkkyosemite]

13. Bernie does he's the one that has been saying it all along.

[Live and Learn]

14. After this election of course. And yes, Bernie called for it long ago. nt

[Dem2]

15. I've liked the idea since I first heard it

There's no excuse for no doing so.

[msongs]

16. nothing new about this it has been around for decades, even since the late 60's nt

[JSup]

18. Since at least 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has said she plans to introduce a bill to move toward automatic voter registration. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, officials in several states, including Minnesota, Oregon and New York, have expressed interest in implementing such a system at a state level.

http://www.fairvote.org/4-false-claims-about-universal-voter-registration

[bkkyosemite]

30. Since 1997 Bernie...see post above

[surrealAmerican]

53. Did she ever introduce that bill?

[polichick]

20. Looks like butt covering.

[Agschmid]

22. Actually this has been her position pretty consistently.

I know, it doesn't match the narrative some are trying to paint... But it is a fact.

[polichick]

23. Deeds speak louder than words...we'll see.

[Dem2]

32. Oh so it's Deeds for Hillary but rhetoric is ok for Bernie?

Haha that's pretty funny

[polichick]

35. I'm referring to recent voter disenfranchisement deeds...

It will soon come out - which is why she's trying to cover her dirty butt.

[Dem2]

39. That's not even true, you shouldn't be saying things that aren't true

I think you should have more integrity than to post something unsubstantiated like that

[polichick]

40. One person already suspended - keep watching.

[Dem2]

42. Dreaming

I will get to do that too when I fell asleep

[LuvLoogie]

24. It works for a one-time, low-effort eligibilty in the General Election.

You would still have to identify party for a primary and reregister if you moved.

[Liberty Belle]

28. How do you know what party to register them in?

I'd love to see everyone have the right to vote, but wonder how that works in closed primaries. Don't they need to be asked what party they wish to be registered in, if any?

[Warren DeMontague]

29. She's right.

I support the idea.

[bkkyosemite]

31. Credit needs to go to Bernie

[Warren DeMontague]

33. Ive said time and again, despite the yowling from Hillary's people, he has done her a favor

By being in the race.

If he hadnt elevated the conversation and brought important issues to the fore, we would have spent the past 8 months hearing a nonstop drone about "the middle class needs a champion because everyday americans deserve a break today with everyday low prices so they can just do it and have it their way"

Etc etc

[oasis]

41. Okay proposal, but the GOP will be dead against it. nt

[davidn3600]

43. That's great, but the problem isn't really registration....it's showing up

You can register people all you want. But if people aren't engaged in the political process, they usually opt to stay home.

People don't vote for different reasons. They may feel their vote doesn't matter. They are too busy to vote. They feel angry at the political process. etc, etc.. So they sit home. As stupid as that may seem, they have that right. I'm not in favor of laws that force people to vote.

[rhett o rick]

44. Now she becomes progressive? How long will it last? Funny how her supporters are

all of a sudden supporting progressive positions. How about fracking

[polichick]

50. It's just a diversionary tactic - see, I'm all about helping people vote...

I would never engage in voter disenfranchisement!

[2pooped2pop]

51. It's just like the rebublicans do. Cause a situation, then act like you are all about fixing it.

Nothing new. We've seen this shit time and time again, from the republicans. I guess hanging out with the Bush's had some "benefits"

[NurseJackie]

52. I think it's great! Depending on the state, those newly and automatically registered voters ...

... will probably have to make the extra effort to update their registration and declare a party affiliation (assuming that they desire to participate in the party's primary).

But, for the all-important GENERAL ELECTION, this will definitely be a very important step forward in voter rights and encouraging participation.

[silvershadow]

54. LOL another thing she stole from Bernie

[Bluenorthwest]

55. Oregon loves it when the US follows our lead!!! Next you can legalize cannabis and pass the ERA

like we did.

[nemo137]

57. I'd love for it to become the default position of the Democratic party

And given that Obama and now Hillary (who, love her or hate her, basically lives at the perceived center of the Democratic party) is adopting it, I think that's going to happen.

[Orsino]

58. Last year was at least fifteen years late...

...but it is the right thing to do. I hope it will come up again some time.

[utopia_basin]

60. she also wants the voter rights restore when convicts have served their time in prison