Tournament:  | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
Debt ceiling will pass now, but continued negotiations are key.
Reuters 10/12, (Reuters, Obama pressures GOP to raise debt ceiling, end shutdown, October 12, 2013, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-government-shutdown-20131012,0,856641.story)

President Barack Obama ... months without success.

Both parties would probably resist CV because it might be bad down the line
Matsler 03
Sean Matsler. 2003. Compulsory Voting in America. Southern California Law Review.
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~usclrev/pdf/076404.pdf
Assuming that a ... the president’s desk.

Republicans would have conniptions and say it’s anti-American
Dean 03 – former Counsel to the President of the United States John Is It Time To Consider Mandatory Voting Laws? Worsening Voting Statistics Make A Strong Case Feb. 28 http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030228.html
So why has ... Supreme Court agreed.

Failure to pass debt ceiling collapses the economy
Kurtzleben, 10-3-’13 (Danielle, “Treasury: Debt Ceiling Could Mean Worse Times Than Great Recession” http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/03/treasury-debt-ceiling-could-mean-worse-times-than-great-recession)
Just as the ... raise the limit.

Extinction.
Friedberg and Schenfield 08

(Aaron Friedberg-professor of politics and international relations at the Woodrow Wilson School, and Gabriel Schoenfeld-visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute, 10/21/2008, The Dangers of a Diminished America, The Wall Street Journal, p. HYPERLINK "http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)
Then there are ... and geopolitical power.

Tournament:  | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
A: Developing countries will implement resource dividend transfers to citizens modeled off the African system. Devarajan 11:
“How Africa can extract big benefits for everyone from natural resources.” Posted by Shanta Devarajan and Marcelo Giugale. Wednesday 29 June 2011 05.00 EDT theguardian.com
While Africa's central ... the early 1980s.

Economy NB
Dividend programs create a stronger domestic economy. Palley 03:
Combating the Natural Resource Curse with Citizen Revenue Distribution Funds: Oil and the Case of Iraq By Thomas I. Palley | Foreign Policy in Focus. December 2003
Beyond these political ... help this process.

Dividends stimulate investments. Palley 03:
Combating the Natural Resource Curse with Citizen Revenue Distribution Funds: Oil and the Case of Iraq By Thomas I. Palley | Foreign Policy in Focus. December 2003
Linked with this ... commerce, and property.

Corruption NB

CP safeguards funds against corruption. Palley 03:
Combating the Natural Resource Curse with Citizen Revenue Distribution Funds: Oil and the Case of Iraq By Thomas I. Palley | Foreign Policy in Focus. December 2003
Natural resources and ... could be stolen.

CP decreases corruption and risk of conflict. Palley 03:
Combating the Natural Resource Curse with Citizen Revenue Distribution Funds: Oil and the Case of Iraq By Thomas I. Palley | Foreign Policy in Focus. December 2003
The simplicity of ... government is diminished.

Democracy NB

CP increases democratic strength. Palley 03:
Combating the Natural Resource Curse with Citizen Revenue Distribution Funds: Oil and the Case of Iraq By Thomas I. Palley | Foreign Policy in Focus. December 2003
The introduction of ... antagonism and mistrust.

Strong democracy solves all major impacts.  Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Institute 95(The Carnegie Corporation of New York is dedicated to democracy. “Promoting Democracy in the 1990s” October 1995. http://www.carnegie.org//sub/pubs/deadly/dia95_01.html
OTHER THREATS This ... can be built.

Tournament:  | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
A: The USFG should set up door-to-door canvassing programs encouraging youth to vote.
B: Competes on net benefits.
C:
Empirically solves youth turnout. GWU:
The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. “YOUNG VOTER MOBILIZATION TACTICS.” http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/Young_Voters_Guide.pdf
Canvassing has the ... keep costs low.

Tournament:  | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
Text: The 50 United States and relevant US territories ought to set up compulsory voting systems. I reserve the right to clarify.
System is implemented gradually through experimentation in a few states. Galston 11:
“Telling Americans to Vote, or Else.”  By WILLIAM A. GALSTON. November 5, 2011. NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/opinion/sunday/telling-americans-to-vote-or-else.html?pagewanted=all
THE United States ... monitor the consequences.

State elections spills over to other states in the country- Australia proves. Fowler 13:
“Electoral and Policy Consequences of Voter Turnout: Evidence from Compulsory Voting in Australia.” Anthony Fowler Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2013, 8: 159–182
Australia’s first system ... from all the parties.

B:
1) Mutually exclusive
2) Competes on net benefits

C: Solves the aff- state run elections are practical and popular. Lewis 12:
R. Doug Lewis, “Local Officials Must Remain in Control Local Officials Must Remain in Control.” New York Times. NOVEMBER 9, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/local-officials-must-remain-in-control-of-elections
Having the federal ... laws and practices.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Hockaday LU | Judge: Paige MacKenzie
Gerrymandering techniques by the GOP means they’ll keep the House for another 4 years. Wang ‘13
Wang, Sam. “The Great Gerrymander of 2012” The New York Times February 2, 2013
HAVING the first … World War II. 

Compulsory voting means democrats control the House. Lexington 12
“If America had compulsory voting, would Democrats win every election?” The Economist, Sep 28th 2012
But here is … did not agree.

Democrat wins will cut the defense budget, risking nuclear war. Mazurak 13
(Zbigniew, defense analyst with 6 years of experience in the field, specializing in the defense budget, nuclear weapons strategy, and missile defense. I also have B.A. and M.A. degrees in history “Stop the Democrats’ unilateral cuts in the US nuclear deterrent!” Conservative Daily News Jun 13, 2013
The Left never … here and here.¶ ¶

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 6 | Opponent: Travis Chen | Judge: Catherine Tarsney
Gerrymandering techniques by the GOP means they’ll keep the House for another 4 years. Wang ‘13

Wang, Sam. “The Great Gerrymander of 2012” The New York Times February 2, 2013

HAVING the first...

since World War II.

Link: Compulsory voting increases Democratic vote shares by 8.7—means Democrats win 68 of Congressional elections.

de Leon 13, (Fernanda L L de Leon, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Adding Ideology to the Equation: New Predictions for Election Results under Compulsory Voting, April 15, 2013, http://www.uea.ac.uk/menu/depts/eco/research/RePEc/uea/papers_pdf/UEA-AFE-044.pdf)

Turning to the ... of the electorate.15

Democrat wins will cut the defense budget, risking nuclear war. Mazurak 13

(Zbigniew, defense analyst with 6 years of experience in the field, specializing in the defense budget, nuclear weapons strategy, and missile defense. I also have B.A. and M.A. degrees in history “Stop the Democrats’ unilateral cuts in the US nuclear deterrent!” Conservative Daily News Jun 13, 2013

The Left never ... the nuclear triad.

Democratic economic policy guarantees economic collapse—Detroit and the Euro crisis prove.

Root 8/5, (Wayne Allyn Root, Why we can kiss the US economy goodbye, August 5, 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/08/05/why-can-kiss-us-economy-goodbye/)
How bad is ... while it lasted.

Welfare spending collapses the economy—the brink is now.

Luther 7/7, (Daisy Luther, It’s Here: The Stealth Collapse of the American Economy, July 7, 2013, http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/the-stealth-collapse-of-the-american-economy-07072013 )

The Economic Collapse…. real, and undeniable.

Economic decline causes extinction.

Royal 10 Jedediah, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises, in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215

Less intuitive is ... deserves more attention.

Tournament:  | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
CIR will pass- Republicans will agree to recoup voters. Benen 10/16:
Obama readies next move: immigration. Steve Benen MSNBC 10/16/13 03:26 PM. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obama-readies-next-move-immigration
President Obama already ... consider bipartisan governing.

There’s universal, bipartisan opposition to any increase in voter registration or participation.
Halperin 2k, (Jason P.W. Halperin, New York University School of Law, A WINNER AT THE POLLS: A PROPOSAL FOR MANDATORY VOTER REGISTRATION, JOURNAL OF LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC POLICY, Vol. 3, 2000, http://heinonlinebackup.com/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/nyulpp3andsection=16)

Finally, make no ... on election day.325

Republicans would hate compulsory voting specifically
Liu 8-21
Should Voting Be Mandatory? Eric Liu, 8-21-12
Another critique claims ... Republicans could benefit. 

Reform is key to U.S. competitiveness
Bush et al 09 – co-chairmen and director of a Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy (7/21/09, Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former White House Chief of Staff Thomas F. McLarty and Edward Alden, “Nation needs comprehensive, flexible immigration reform,” http://www.ajc.com/opinion/nation-needs-comprehensive-flexible-97393.html)
Our immigration system ... residency and citizenship. 

Competiveness key to economy and hegemony
Segal, 04 – Senior Fellow in China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
(Adam, Foreign Affairs, “Is America Losing Its Edge?” November / December 2004, http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20041101facomment83601/adam-segal/is-america-losing-its-edge.html)
The United States' ... entrepreneurship at home.

The impact is great power conflict
Khalilzad 11 — Zalmay Khalilzad, Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, served as the United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the presidency of George W. Bush, served as the director of policy planning at the Defense Department during the Presidency of George H.W. Bush, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, 2011 (“The Economy and National Security,” National Review, February 8th, Available Online at http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/259024, Accessed 02-08-2011)
Today, economic and ... era of multi-polarity.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Hockaday LU | Judge: Paige MacKenzie
A: Democracies ought to institute a lottocratic system of legislative representation as advocated by Guerrero. I reserve the right to clarify.

Guerrero explains:
DEMOCRACY AND LEGITIMACY by Alexander Guerrero. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy, New York University.
May, 2012.
The three distinctive …  as an alternative.

B:
1) Mutually exclusive
2) Competes on net benefits

 C: Better solves equal representation- greater chance to PARTICIPATE in the lawmaking. Guerrero 2:
DEMOCRACY AND LEGITIMACY by Alexander Guerrero. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy, New York University.
May, 2012.
Or is there …  of participation succeed.

D: Net benefits:
Advantage 1 is Political Capture
Even fairly run elections can be easily dominated by the most powerful in society. Guerrero 3:
DEMOCRACY AND LEGITIMACY by Alexander Guerrero. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy, New York University.
May, 2012.
But even if … benefit the powerful. 

Two, money in politics defines the boundaries of the political system, dominating the discourse about what positions are “realistic”. Lerner:
Rabbi Michael Lerner. and#34;Get Money Out of Politics.and#34; Tikkun 28.1 (2013): 7-12. Project MUSE. Web. 19 Sep. 2013. http://muse.jhu.edu/.
In turn, the … and far between.

Lottocratic legislatures are more representative of the voters themselves. Guerrero 4:
DEMOCRACY AND LEGITIMACY by Alexander Guerrero. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy, New York University.
May, 2012.
Leaving aside the … a representative system.

Lottocratic systems allow less biased and more informed policy proposal. Guerrero 5:
DEMOCRACY AND LEGITIMACY by Alexander Guerrero. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy, New York University.
May, 2012.
Similarly, there are …  in their jurisdiction.

Tournament:  | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
Text: US Congress should pass a bill enacting mandatory voter registration. Halperin:
Jason P.W. Halperin New York University School of Law, J.D. 1999. “WINNER AT THE POLLS: A PROPOSAL FOR MANDATORY VOTER REGISTRATION.” 3 N.Y.U. J. Legis. and Pub. Pol'y 69 1999-2000
The best way to ... under false pretenses.
Competes on net benefits.
Lack of voter registration is the key internal to why people don’t vote. Halperin:
Jason P.W. Halperin New York University School of Law, J.D. 1999. “WINNER AT THE POLLS: A PROPOSAL FOR MANDATORY VOTER REGISTRATION.” 3 N.Y.U. J. Legis. and Pub. Pol'y 69 1999-2000
Many political scientists ... with bureaucratic problems. 78

50 million eligible voters aren’t registered and thus excluded, half as many didn’t have valid registration. Brater:
Jonathan Brater, “Why Hans von Spakovsky is Wrong on Voter Registration.” Brennan Center for Justice. April 19, 2013.
Images of voters ... but had moved.

Tournament: Apple Valley | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
CIR will pass now, but Obama’s push is key because time is running out.
France-Presse 10/24, (Agence France-Presse, Obama: Let’s get comprehensive immigration reform done this year, Thursday, October 24, 2013, http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/24/obama-lets-get-comprehensive-immigration-reform-done-this-year/ )

US President Barack ... trying to exploit.

Attorney client privilege has broad-based support in Congress and from the corporate lobby—ACPPA proves.
Richter 8, (Liesa L. Richter, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law, THE POWER OF PRIVILEGE AND THE ATTORNEY- CLIENT PRIVILEGE PROTECTION ACT: HOW CORPORATE AMERICA HAS EVERYONE EXCITED ABOUT THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES, Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 43, 2008, http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004andcontext=liesa_richter )

Corporate America has ... poised for success.13

Immigration reform solves multiple internals to the economy
Beadle 12,
Amanda Peterson Beadle, Reporter/Blogger at ThinkProgress.org. She received her B.A. in journalism and Spanish from the University of Alabama, where she was editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper The Crimson White and graduated with honors. Before joining ThinkProgress, she worked as a legislative aide in the Maryland House of Delegates. “Top 10 Reasons Why The U.S. Needs Comprehensive Immigration Reform” http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/10/1307561/top-10-reasons-why-the-us-needs-comprehensive-immigration-reform-that-includes-a-path-to-citizenship/ 

The nation needs ... American jobs are created.

Economic collapse results in global nuclear war and extinction. Friedberg and Schenfeld 08: (Aaron Friedberg-professor of politics and international relations at the Woodrow Wilson School, and Gabriel Schoenfeld-visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute, 10/21/2008, The Dangers of a Diminished America, The Wall Street Journal, p. HYPERLINK "http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj " http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj )

Then there are ... and geopolitical power.¶

Tournament: Apple Valley | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
Energy independence coming now—new energy sources and technology
Nasdaq 12 (“America's dependence on Middle East oil could disappear by 2035”, http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-06/americas-dependence-on-middle-east-oil-could-disappear-by-2035.aspx?storyid=151646  ) 

Energy independence has ... almost be nonexistent." 

Increased regulations on oil companies kill oil production—stops new drilling and massively expands dependence on foreign oil.
Holton 12, (Chuck Holton, Energy Rules: Why America is Foreign Oil Dependent, July 15, 2012, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/October/Energy-Rules-Why-America-is-Foreign-Oil-Dependent/  )

"Seems the regulatory ... the Alaska pipeline."

Oil dependence causes NATO inclusion of Georgia—guarantees NATO-Russian war
Charles L. Glaser Professor of Political Science and International Relations @ George Washington, “Reframing Energy Security: How Oil Dependence Influences U.S. National Security” August 2011, Google) 

An alliance formed ... this conflict occurred.  

US/Russia war would lead to extinction
Helfand and Pastore 2009 Ira Helfand, M.D., and John O. Pastore, M.D., are past presidents of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
March 31, 2009, “U.S.-Russia nuclear war still a threat”, http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_pastoreline_03-31-09_EODSCAO_v15.bbdf23.html  

President Obama and ... in place today.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Hockaday LU | Judge: Paige MacKenzie
Extinction first. Bostrom :
These reflections on ...lot of value.

Governments never omit to act while standing by. They choose to authorize action. Sunstein and Vermuele write:
Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermuele, “Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance of Life-Life Tradeoffs,” Chicago Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper No. 85 (March 2005), p. 17. University of Chicago Law Professor explains,
In our view…  refusing to act.