I don’t want it to be hard to register or vote, but some states, including California, go too far to make it too easy.
I remember Jeff Greenfield, a now-retired, quite liberal commentator for ABC News, speaking on-air against California’s (or some other state’s) “Motor Voter” law, whereby someone getting a driver’s license or renewal was AUTOMATICALLY registered to vote unless s/he opted out manually. Greenfield’s point was that it’s already very easy to register, in that anyone can get a postage-paid form for free either at a post office, library, government building or even by mail (by calling a toll-free number). Isn’t that already easy enough?, he asked. Do we really WANT the marginal, added votes of folks who, in this easy-register system, STILL aren’t registered? How motivated could such folks be, to make good voting decisions? And agree.
This latest step just makes it worse, of course.
What next? Mandatory voting, like in Australia? (A step that resulted in a still center-right nation routinely electing left-Labour governments.)
Of course. It's a Democrat Party goal.