~COLOFORNIA~

SmokeyinHP wrote: Ignore everything but auto voter registration, nice. I'll simplify it for you this way;

MY significant other wants nothing to do with politics, has every right to register to vote, but doesn't want to. She despises politics, that's HER RIGHT as a citizen, so who tf are you people or anyone under the sun to tell her it's now mandatory she's registered? If people want to vote, they'll keep their sh** up to date. As Rick said, you know where you can stick it. Hatred is straight coming from the lefties, especially mainstream media/news/whatever outlets.
EDIT: And regardless of people's opinions on whether or not privacy is completely dead nowadays, when you're registered to vote, your personal info is posted as public record. That's also a bunch of b.s!

-Smokey

Sorry, I didn't realize that I had to express my opinion on anything else but the subject of the last few replies. I addressed the voter registration because I felt I had some facts to shed light on what appeared to be misinformation; I certainly didn't feel angry or intend to convey any hostility in my words, I simply stated the facts that I knew (I have toured the Jeffco Clerk & Recorder's Office back when it was Pam Anderson running it, had the opportunity to do so again when it was Faye Griffin but declined, and highly recommend it for everyone) and my opinions. No insults, no demands on anyone. (Oh, and it's the responsibility of each voter to fill out an update to her voter registration to let the Clerk's office know that they moved so they know to stop sending ballots to that person at that address - it's helpful, and responsible, for the Clerk's office so they aren't wasting money/resources creating and mailing paper ballots that won't be used.)

I actually agree that the personal information should not be posted publicly as identity theft is far too common these days. So long as the government has a proper address on file for each individual that can be confirmed if there are questions of residency authenticity, then they can, and should, keep them private. Having been doxxed/threatened once because my business address also is made publicly available, I am not all that keen on private individual's certain records being made public.

I don't believe I ever seen anything anywhere stating that voters would be "placed" into a political party; I would think that that is unethical. Here is the Colorado voter registration form and notice that you have the option of several parties including Unaffiliated. It seems common sense to me that if someone doesn't make a choice that they would be placed into the Unaffiliated category. And even if they did list a voter as Democratic or Republican, it doesn't mean a damn thing, does it? Just because someone says they are one or the other doesn't lock them into voting for that party, right? As for the protocol with voters who don't vote for a long time (or ever), that should be addressed in each state's legislation on the matter.

Regarding the original subject of this thread: I am just going to say that I am incredibly sad that this is how we treat our fellow neighbors and Americans. Calling your fellow neighbors idiot leftists, or conservatards, or anything else along those lines is rude, demeaning, and uncalled for. Every single American has a right to live where they want in this country, and wishing things to stay the way they are is unrealistic - find ways to work together to create smart, sustainable development because it takes the strengths of both ideologies to find the best solutions. Population growth simply by reproduction is more than sufficient to drive the current change we are experiencing, and that necessitates more development, and higher density living. You all do realize that everyone who insists on having more than one child per parent is guilty of this exact population growth, and at this point there's nothing that will change the inevitability that we'll reach 11 billion people on this planet by 2100, right? Keep moving to find less densely developed areas, you'll simply run out of room at some point and no problems will be solved.