He's spouting the liberal party line. You are right on in your idea. In this country, no one is holding guns and turning folks away from the voting booth. Every properly registered voter has the right to go in the booth and cast a vote for whomeover that person wishes. If voters are too lazy to check from time to time to make sure their voter registration is up to date, that's their problem. If you move, register in your new town. If you don't know who the candidates are or anything about them, buy a newspaper or read one at the library.
This is the freest nation in the world with regard to voting, and has one of the lowest turnout rates for elections.
The libs lament this because they believe that every new voter is SURE to vote for them. If someone doesn't take the time to learn the issues and show up to vote, that means they are not interested, and I'll not spend any time worrying why.