quote Originally posted by newf: How would registering voters be a bad thing?

Because this example insinuates quid pro quo......."Here's your foodstamps and oh, BTW.....vote for 'us' in the next election and we'll make sure they keep coming. Thanks."

quote Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: Because legal benifits are equal, and not tied to supporting any particular political party.....Oh, that legal right-to-vote according-to-conscience is a troublesome thing isnt it ????

I'm confused I guess, I asked why registering voters was a bad thing sometime last year, I'm still unsure why it is. I assumed people had the right to vote if they wanted to or and for whomever they felt like.