Automatic!
How many states have Automatic Voter Registration (AVR)?
How wildly inaccurate was your silly prediction?
Explain whether the government should generally make voting easier or harder.
What is Automatic Voter Registration?
Do you support Automatic Voter Registration for all Americans?
What does this map tell us about Automatic Voter Registration in the U.S. of A.?
Why do you think that is?
What is one consequence of this?
What does voting and voter registration have to do with federalism?
Voting seems like a pretty fundamental right that should be equal for all Americans. (Got 15th Amendment?) Why don’t we just have one voter registration rule for all Americans?
What is the best argument for Automatic Voter Registration?
What is the best argument against Automatic Voter Registration?
Overall, explain which claim (for or against Automatic Voter Registration) you support more.
Look at the states which allow Automatic Voter Registration and look at the map of political partisanship below. What connections can you draw between these two?
What is one consequence of NOT having Automatic Voter Registration in every state in the U.S.?
Which party would benefit more from having Automatic Voter Registration?
How would having Automatic Voter Registration personally impact you or people you know?
Some would argue that there is no reason to make voting any easier than it already is. That people should truly want to work hard to exercise their voting right. What do you think of this argument?
Imagine that Donald Trump wrote a tweet about Automatic Voter Registration. What would it say? Post your tweet in the comments section below. Try to keep it classy.
North Dakota has no voter registration at all. How the heck does that work?
The following countries (see chart below*) have higher voter turnout that the U.S. Explain the connection between American voter registration and low turnout.
