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Cancel ‘Uninformed’ Voters? Democracy Won’t Allow It
If the critics of universal suffrage want “better voters,” they don’t believe in the American system.
No exceptions.
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In the wake of the Georgia election law, we’re hearing some Republicans argue that fewer voters mean better voters. In Mississippi, an election official is worried that automatic voter registration will produce “an uninformed citizen who may not be prepared and ready to vote.” And in the National Review, Kevin Williamson contends that fewer voters are better because most of them aren’t sufficiently informed to make good decisions.