To Be or Not to Be: Automatic Voter Registration

Jon Green writes in his blog about the state of Connecticut. His intended audience is to anyone willing or concerned with voter rights. He has a background in politics and comes with a B.A. in Political Science. His topic of choice is found in AMERICAblog under the title of Connecticut Secretary of State proposes automatic voter registration through the DMV.

This particular blog is fully equipped with knowledge and factual information surrounding his opinion. He states facts and provides links to reports that support the cause. The issue itself is pretty brilliant. In fact, he points out that this legislation to put automatic voter registration into play is actually modeled after some other states such as California. Green goes on to validate this issue by saying, "Including Connecticut, automatic voter registration bills have been proposed in fifteen states in 2016 alone. In 2015, 20 states, plus Washington, DC and the federal government, considered automatic voter registration legislation."

I couldn't agree more with such an outstanding cause. Finally, something that makes sense to help solve one of the reasons for disconnection between people and the polls. Green proves the benefits as he brings up the fact that Oregon had already implemented this change and the positive results from it. He goes on to prove those facts by including an article from Brennan Center for Justice.

What I appreciate the most about this particular blog is that fact the Jon Green is pretty straight to the point. His blog was structured well and accurately. Making it easy to read and his points well understood. I also liked that in his conclusion he gives his honest opinion. He introduces another article he has written about debunking the opposition. He plainly states, "As I’ve written before, there aren’t any good arguments against automatic voter registration, although there are a few bad ones."