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Re: Monday, October 2, 2006
Regarding getting everyone out to vote, I'm not sure what the benefit is, to either the individual or society as a whole, to encourage someone to vote who would otherwise have little or no interest in doing so. However, assuming that you do want everyone to vote, I have an idea. The deal now seems to be that when you move to a new county, registering to vote gets your name in the queue for jury duty. I would say it's a fair statement that most (but not all) people try all legal means to avoid jury duty, so, why not give a positive rather than negative incentive for registering/voting? Namely, I propose that anyone who votes in a given election will earn themselves an ironclad, no-exceptions exemption from jury duty until the following election (if they want it, that is.) This would probably increase the number of people voting significantly, while leaving a sufficient population of cud-chewers to man our jury boxes. Also, attorneys seem to prefer cud-chewers and weed out anyone with any brains, so this might be a win-win situation as far as I can see. LF
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