Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Cypress Woods | Judge:
A) Compulsory balloting
B) First is mutual exclusivity
Joshua Tucker—2011professor of Politics at New York University with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies and New York University-Abu Dhabi “More on Mandatory Voting, Which Does *Not* Necessarily Make Electorate Less Informed”
and#34;rather than combining ... without penaltyand#34;
Second is net benefits
C) Shineman is the solvency advocate
Victoria Anne Shineman Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University—“Compulsory Voting as Compulsory Balloting: How Mandatory Balloting Laws Increase Informed Voting Without Increasing Uninformed Voting.” 2010.
and#34;this paper contributes ... cast uninformed votesand#34;
D)
1.
Joshua Tucker—2011professor of Politics at New York University with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies and New York University-Abu Dhabi “More on Mandatory Voting, Which Does *Not* Necessarily Make Electorate Less Informed”
and#34;thereand#39;s more. imagine ... of this effectand#34;
2.
Bart Engelen. “Why Liberals Can Favour Compulsory Attendance”. ponl_1358 218..222 POLITICS: 2009 VOL 29(3)
and#34;First there is ... secrecy is guaranteedand#34;

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Cypress Woods | Judge:
Rationality can never justify all of our beliefs for two reasons. Keller explains,
The Reason For God. Timothy Keller. 2008. BG.

Is there anything… to bow to.
These beliefs are shaped and coerced into being by hegemonic power structures.  Foucault
Michel Foucault. Power And Knowledge. 1980. BG.

It seems to… importance of Nietzsche.
the standard is limiting and checking hegemonic power structures.

Debate and academica do not take seriously the voices of victims or the complexity of social struggles. Prosise, et al 1 (Prosise, Theodore O Masters Candidate, School of Communications, University of San Diego; Miller, Greg R Assistant Professor, School of Communications, San Diego State University; Mills, Jordan P. Masters Candidate, School of Communications, University of San Diego “Argument fields as arenas of discursive struggle” Argumentation and Advocacy; Winter 1996)

While this emphasis… of logical types.

Contention

Guarantees of equality allow hegemonic discourse to hide below the surface and control the narrative. Young,
Young. Iris Marion. “Activist Challenges to Deliberative Democracy” Political Theory 2001.

James Bohmanand#39;s deliberative… labor market policy.

Tournament: TOC | Round: 1 | Opponent: aff | Judge: aff
A is the counterplan text:

Aff actors will continue to extract resources but implement voluntary environmental programs with regulated parties, offering positive incentives for environmental protection. Borke and Coglianese
Jonathan C. Borck and Cary Coglianese. “Voluntary Environmental Programs: Assessing Their Effectiveness.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 2009.

VEPs are perhaps ... motivating environmental improvements.

B is the competition: Mutual exclusivity.

C is solvency:

The counterplan reduces environmental degradation better than a ban. Segerson
Kathleen Segerson and Thomas J. Miceli Department of Economics, University of Connecticut. “Voluntary Environmental Agreements: Good or Bad News for Environmental Protection?” Journal of Environmental Economics and Mangement. 1998.

This article has ... EPA’s Project XL. 

empirically verified; voluntary environmental programs reduce environmental degradation and cause spillover effects. Henriques et al.

Henriques, Irene Professor of Sustainability and Economics, Schulich School of Business, York University, Bryan W. Husted Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business and Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business, York University, and Ivan Montiel Assistant Professor of Corporate Sustainability, Loyola Mary- mount University. "Spillover Effects of Voluntary Environmental Programs on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Lessons from Mexico." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 32, No. 2, 296–322 (2013) 

We hypothesize that ... for the environment.

And, extraction companies are especially incentivized to cooperate through market benefits and government support. Khanna
Khanna, MadhuProfessor, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Univesrity of Illinois. "Non?mandatory approaches to environmental protection." Journal of economic surveys 15, no. 3 (2001): 291-324. CC

Participation in voluntary ... by providing subsidies.