Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Seven Lakes BO | Judge: Josh Aguilar
Sprinkles AC
Aff may parametricize the resolution to the US:

Standard is Consistency with US Democratic Principles
Look to Declaration of Independence and Constitution

My contention is that voting ought to be compulsory in the US because it is consistent with US democratic principles.

Sub-point A:  Documents like the Declaration of Independence and Constitution establish the citizen as sovereign. 

First, the Declaration of Independence creates responsibility for citizens to protect rights in order to be legitimate governors.   Alejandro (DRAFT Hannah Alejandro Dean’s Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center; JD, LLM Georgetown University Law Center; BFA, New York University.  “The Sovereign Obligations of We, the People:   An Argument for Compulsory Voting in the United States” March 2011)
 “In other words, the Declaration’s beginning…thus dissolves it.”

Second, the transfer of popular sovereignty from one ruler to the people made citizens sovereign. Alejandro 2 (DRAFT Hannah Alejandro Dean’s Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center; JD, LLM Georgetown University Law Center; BFA, New York University.  “The Sovereign Obligations of We, the People:   An Argument for Compulsory Voting in the United States” March 2011)

“The great governance revolution… my consent to my fellow citizens.”

Popular sovereignty good

Sub-point B:  Compulsory voting promotes sovereignty.  

First, popular sovereignty requires the legal obligation to vote. Alejandro 3 (DRAFT Hannah Alejandro Dean’s Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center; JD, LLM Georgetown University Law Center; BFA, New York University.  “The Sovereign Obligations of We, the People:   An Argument for Compulsory Voting in the United States” March 2011)

“So how does a citizen… defines our entire system.”  

Second, compulsory voting is a reclamation of popular sovereignty. Alejandro 4 (DRAFT Hannah Alejandro Dean’s Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center; JD, LLM Georgetown University Law Center; BFA, New York University.  “The Sovereign Obligations of We, the People:   An Argument for Compulsory Voting in the United States” March 2011)

“The first two internal critiques… impotence, but consensus.”
Finally, compulsory voting is no different than jury service. Alejandro 5 (DRAFT Hannah Alejandro Dean’s Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center; JD, LLM Georgetown University Law Center; BFA, New York University.  “The Sovereign Obligations of We, the People:   An Argument for Compulsory Voting in the United States” March 2011) explains the analogy to jury service:
“Looking at juries, Kerber’s…of equal opportunity.”

Aff gets RVIs
Reject potential abuse