Posted on 11/06/2014 7:22:00 PM PST by lbryce
I was driving around on Saturday with the radio on. A local station broke at the top of the hour for CBS News.
After the first couple of stories the announcer came on and said in a very stern voice....
“Show up to vote, or pay a fine!”
This was followed-up by a boring background piece about the mandatory voter law in AUSTRALIA, which has been on the books for decades. Including an interview with some Political Science professor explaining the law, which has probably been sitting around in CBS archives for twenty years.
Clearly they were hoping the low-infos would just hear “vote or get fined” and think “oh, crap, I better go to the polls!”
A very devious GOTV tactic, and one that CBS was 110% on board with.
Should they ever get power again, I am convinced the Dems intend to pass an Australia-style mandatory voting law.
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