[edpc]

Even worse, what about all those residents who aren’t active voters, but would very likely vote in this particular election given the increased turnout seen in other states? They’re iced out as well.

Hard to be sympathetic to the willfully ignorant.

[CriticalJ]

What about all those who want to vote but aren’t citizens?

[Leaning Right]

Hard to be sympathetic to the willfully ignorant.

As for me, I'll go with the Reasonable Person argument instead. Would a reasonable person expect that to vote in April, you must be registered by last October? No he would not expect that. Therefore, I am sympathetic to the iced-out voters here.

Notice that I'm not saying I'd excuse their mistake, but yes, I'd be very sympathetic.