Good point, David Hogg!

[Heartstrings]

[spanone]

1. K&R...

[Wwcd]

2. Right again, and simply to the point. This was also in Hillary's amazing platform btw.

This is smart & simple.

Too bad so many missed her call for exactly this.
David Hogg is a smart & fair minded young man.
Always.

[ehrnst]

31. I remember that. (nt)

[ecstatic]

3. Love it! He'll be president one day! nt

[gademocrat7]

4. Bravo, David Hogg

[uponit7771]

5. K&R

[demmiblue]

6. K&R

[Politicub]

7. Yes!

[IronLionZion]

8. They'll raise the voting age before they raise the gun buying age

and they will find other creative ways to suppress the youth vote for being too damn liberal and way too diverse.

Young people these days...

[sandensea]

9. To paraphrase Goldfinger:

Last edited Thu May 24, 2018, 11:54 PM - Edit history (1)

They don't want you to vote, Mr. Hogg; they want you to die.

[VWolf]

22. That was Auric Goldfinger, not Blofeld n/t

[alwaysinasnit]

10. Agreed, but just in case this is not well known......

Legal permanent residents (green card holders) have also been drafted. They are still required to register with Selective Service if they are between the ages of 18 to 26. They have been required to put their lives on the line for this country (and would continue to be required to serve in any future draft) but are not allowed to vote. Go figure.

[BigmanPigman]

11. That doesn't surprise me a bit.

This country sure is twisted and illogical. Even 18 years old can see it now.

[Moral Compass]

12. Out of the mouths of babes

This makes entirely too much sense. Someone’s head is going to explode.

[BootinUp]

13. K&R

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. So much on point. He's great. . . . nt

[Honeycombe8]

15. Good point, for some. But you don't have to be a citizen to be drafted, I think.

So...not everyone drafted can vote.

Hmmm. That doesn't seem right.

[Tipperary]

17. This is true. Or at least it was in the 60s. A relative of mine was drafted who was not a citizen.

He chose to serve and became a citizen later.

[malthaussen]

30. As "Eve of Destruction" noted...

... back when the voting age was 21, "You're old enough to kill, but not for voting."

-- Mal

[Honeycombe8]

38. That's right! Great song. Some really good music back then. The voting age is 18, now, tho?

Isn't the voting age 18, now?

[malthaussen]

39. Yep. But oddly, they changed that...

...after they stopped drafting people.

-- Mal

[Cha]

16. David Wants Young People to

GOTV VOTE!!

[Mountain Mule]

18. K&R! nt

[cp]

19. You bet!

VOTE!

[scarletwoman]

20. Well, it's a pithy sentiment, but the Feds don't have anything to do with voter registration,

that's strictly the function of state governments.

Not that I don't absolutely love David Hogg to pieces - however, this particular well-intentioned statement isn't grounded in reality.

[ck4829]

25. You'd think it would be easier then

[tazmaniac]

21. Being logical

is NOT allowed!! That's part of the evangelical religion.

[Upthevibe]

23. I hope this young man ends up running for office some day.

He's got some damn good ideas....

[ck4829]

24. K&R

[TimeSnowDemos]

26. US voter turnout

Is abysmally low.

In fact it was ranked 120th in the world a few years back.

Midterms often see only 1/3 voters bothering to show up.

I'm allllll for automatic voter registration, but it'll matter very little if voter turnout remains as low as it is now, and if gerrymandering is the law of the land, and if 10s of millions of minorities are disenfranchised, etc.

[usaf-vet]

27. Excellent observation and suggestion. I totally agree. The problem is....

We don't have a draft. IMO we should! It would give EVERY family a vested interest in warmongering government officials.

IMO we never would have invade Iraq if we had a draft. The streets would have been packed with protesting moms, dads, sister, brothers, aunts, uncles and grandparents from all walks of life.

They want you to register for the draft to keep track of you. And so that it can be used as a punitive tool.

THEY DON'T want everyone to vote.

[sl8]

28. Draft registration for men is required, not automatic.

As already mentioned, the draft is Federal, while voter registration is State.

Do the Feds mail some sort of notice to 18 year old men?

On edit:
Some states have linked draft registration with application for driver's licenses, ID, etc..

[Hassin Bin Sober]

32. Years ago there was a story about an ice cream restaurant chain that got caught selling names...

... to Selective Service.

The restaurant chain, Farrell’s, would offer free ice cream to “birthday club” members. They got busted when a kid signed up using a fake name in order to get more free ice cream. The kid got two “reminder notices” - one in his fake name and one in his real name.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrell%27s_Ice_Cream_Parlour

In 1983, the Selective Service purchased Farrell's "Birthday Club" data and mailed warnings to young men telling them to register for the draft before their 18th birthday. Farrell's blamed the situation on an unauthorized sale by a list broker, and the government announced they would stop using the list.[17]

[sl8]

35. Wow, that's interesting. Thanks. n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

36. Snopes goes in to more detail

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/draft-noticed/

STATUS: TRUE.

ORIGINS: In 1984, a Palo Alto, California, family received a Selective Services reminder that it was almost time for Johnny Klomberg to register for the draft. Problem was, there was no Johnny Klomberg living at that address. Or anywhere else. He was purely the fictional invention of the two boys who did live there, Eric and Greg Hentzel.

To remind 18-year-olds to register with the Selective Service, that agency had been tracking down young men through commercial mailing lists. They got caught out at this practice when they sent such an invitation to a fictional kid who’d been dreamed up by a couple of young Dillingers whose dad was an
ex-Serviceman, a lawyer, and not amused.

He didn’t think it right that a kids’ “free ice cream” list should be turned into a Selective Service name harvesting opportunity.

[malthaussen]

29. Comscription is involuntary.

It is also Federal. Voter registration is voluntary, and done by state.

The capability may exist, but the two processes are not comparable.

-- Mal

[SunSeeker]

33. K & R

[sl8]

34. "Automatic Registration in the United States: the Selective Service Example"

Interesting piece by Laura Seago, at the Brennan Center, about how how voter registration might be improved by taking lessons from the Selective Service.

...

The Selective Service’s technologically advanced registration system may provide a useful model for
those who would like to modernize our voter registration system. The Selective Service’s experience
shows that automatic voter registration is feasible. It also shows that the government agencies that
could help expand and improve our voter rolls already have the necessary infrastructure, technology,
and experience to do so.

It is not surprising that the Selective Service has deployed technology and other resources to identify
and automatically register young men for the draft; the government has an obvious, central interest in
its ability to mobilize an expanded military in time of crisis. The ability to participate in the electoral
process is surely just as central to democracy. It is disconcerting that the government has not availed
itself of the same technology and commitment to improve our voter registration system. The
government has shown it can effectively and automatically register eligible men for the draft. It
should now use the same tools to automatically register eligible citizens to vote.

...

Link to pdf:
https://www.brennancenter.org/page/-/publications/selective%2520service.color.FINAL.pdf

[LiberalLovinLug]

37. hmmmm