Tournament: Greenhill RR | Round: 4 | Opponent: Northland | Judge: Evnen, Boyd
Freedom is important within a democracy. Buhlmann:
Buhlmann et al08: Marc Bühlmann Political scientist; Ph.D “The Quality of Democracy: ¶ Democracy Barometer for Established Democracies,” ¶ NCCR Democracy, University of Zurich ¶ Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Hertie School of Governance - working papers, No. 22, April 2008
Freedom is the ... “contradiction in terms” (Beetham 2004: 62). 

Libertarian paternalism is the best justification for the state. Sunstein 1:
http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/2007/01/libertarian_pat.html January 20, 2007 Libertarian Paternalism Cass Sunstein legal scholar uchicago
For several years... officials don't like.

Prefer this to the AC.
Preliminary draft 4/3/03 Forthcoming University of Chicago Law Review All rights reserved Libertarian Paternalism Is Not An Oxymoron Cass R. Sunstein* and Richard H. Thaler
Sunstein 2 : A second and ... with individual welfare.129

I advocate a system of opt-out voting. Pitts  1 clarifies:
OPT-OUT VOTING Michael J. Pitts* Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis. http://law.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/journals/lawreview/lrv_issues_v39n04_cc-3-pitts-final.pdf  2011. Hofstra Law Review.
Opt-out voting‘s ... in several ways:

Mutually exclusive – completely different method of balloting and not compulsory. Pitts  2
Despite an inability... on the sidelines.77

This is preferable for several reasons. Pitts:
OPT-OUT VOTING Michael J. Pitts* Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis. http://law.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/journals/lawreview/lrv_issues_v39n04_cc-3-pitts-final.pdf  2011. Hofstra Law Review. 

 Once it is ... fit the bill.

Despite an inability ... on the sidelines.77

Solves the aff. Pitts:
OPT-OUT VOTING Michael J. Pitts* Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis. http://law.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/journals/lawreview/lrv_issues_v39n04_cc-3-pitts-final.pdf  2011. Hofstra Law Review.
In short, the ... the ?right? person.

And, it's preferable to the aff. Pitts:
OPT-OUT VOTING Michael J. Pitts* Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis. http://law.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/journals/lawreview/lrv_issues_v39n04_cc-3-pitts-final.pdf  2011. Hofstra Law Review. 

Compulsory voting has ... compulsory voting might not.7

Tournament: TOC | Round: 1 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
To be updated

Tournament: greenhill | Round: 4 | Opponent: harrison | Judge:
Dworkin clarifies paternalism:
Copyright © 2010 by Gerald Dworkin gdworkin@ucdavis.edu http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paternalism/ "Paternalism"
Paternalism is the... than fully rational.

Democracy ought not be enforced. Rovensky:
Jan Rovenský08¶ Faculty of Political Sciences¶ PhD in Political Theory, “Voting: A Citizen’s Right, or Duty? ¶ The Case against Compulsory Voting,” PhD thesis, LUISS Guido Carli, Academic year 2007 – 2008,
Final word: can ... not think so.

This means you negate. Lever:
Compulsory Voting: A Critical Perspective Annabelle Lever Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method London School of Economics and Political Science A.P.Lever@lse.ac.uk Forthcoming, British Journal of Political Science December, 2008
People’s self-interest...beliefs and ideas.

Take, for instance,..duties and rights.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 5 | Opponent: Meadows | Judge:
Denniston 2011:
Constitution Check: Could voting be made mandatory? National Constitution Center. Constitution Daily Update Lyle Denniston is the National Constitution Center’s Adviser on Constitutional Literacy.  He has reported on the Supreme Court for 53 years, currently covering it forSCOTUSblog, an online clearing house of information about the Supreme Court’s work.

No doubt, a ... nor a privilege.

Tournament: greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: oxbridge | Judge:
A.   interpretation: aff can't have blank ballots. Morgan 12’1:
1 Vijay Krishna and John Morgan ‘12, Department of Economics, Penn State University, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley “Voluntary Voting: Costs and Benefits”, May 21, 2012

We begin by ... studied in the literature.

C.  net benefits - You conflates compulsory voting and balloting. Tucker2:
2 JOSHUA TUCKER ‘11 “More on Mandatory Voting, Which Does *Not* Necessarily Make Electorate Less Informed”, NOVEMBER 28, 2011 

The names “mandatory ... abstain without penalty.

Topic Lit. Power4:
3 Timothy J. Power James C. Garand , “Determinants of invalid voting in Latin America”. Electoral Studies 26 (2007). Quals: Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford, 92 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 7ND, and UK Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5433, USA. 

Although voting is ... of the electorate?

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Clements | Judge:
A. interpretation - the aff must specify an enforcement mechanism for compulsory voting.

B.
C. scope of ground

stable ground

D. fairness