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Originally posted by DeltAlum
I heard a pretty compelling argument on Talk of the Nation on NPR this week.
To summarize, this very politically astute sounding older woman argued that only people who voted in the original election (no matter for whom) should be allowed to vote in the recall election.
Her logic was that if you couldn't be bothered to vote for or against Davis in the general election, why should you have to right to vote out someone you had nothing to do with voting in.
I don't think that could ever pass legal hurdles, but it's a pretty interesting argument.
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That is interesting - it's a viewpoint I argued in an American Politics class once. There's no way it would pass legal hurdles - some Con Law kids immediately jumped down my throat with a million laws that wouldn't permit it, but it's true. People who were too lazy to vote the first time are angry now? Too bad. You didn't vote for the person you thought would do a good job, so wait out this term and do something next time.
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