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Grapevine

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Kasey Harrison

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Greenhill

Shomik Ati

Tyler Cook

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Greenhill

Shomik Ati

Tyler Cook

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Laura McComb

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Tournament	Round	Report
Grapevine	1	Opponent: Lyndie Ho \| Judge: Kasey Harrison My opponent ran an AC that talked about overcoming racism and how CV solves I ran a CP that was impacted to solve for racism and low turnout a definition of democracy that clashed with her def of a democracy and I responded analytically to the AC Opponent extends racism impact and parts of the AC and makes responses to CP I extend CP and definition of democracy and explained how CP solves wo coercion and respond to arguments on CP Opponent re-extends racism impact and parts of the AC
Greenhill	1	Opponent: Shomik Ati \| Judge: Tyler Cook Opponent ran an AC with fw that talked about how democracy does not focus on the common good and the will of the people I ran a burden CP a counter definition and another definition of democracy that I linked some cards that talked about how voting does not reveal the will of the people The affirmative extends parts of the AC makes responses to the definition and makes responses to the CP I go for the burden CP and the definition of democracy My opponent extends all the arguments on the CP and the definition of democracy He re-extends offense
Greenhill	1	Opponent: Shomik Ati \| Judge: Tyler Cook Opponent ran an AC with fw that talked about how democracy does not focus on the common good and the will of the people I ran a burden CP a counter definition and another definition of democracy that I linked some cards that talked about how voting does not reveal the will of the people The affirmative extends parts of the AC makes responses to the definition and makes responses to the CP I go for the burden CP and the definition of democracy My opponent extends all the arguments on the CP and the definition of democracy He re-extends offense
Hendrickson	1	Opponent: Laura McComb \| Judge: James Toby Opponent ran AC about representation of the people's will and increasing turnout I read traffic death burdendouble bind and turns to the AC (same turns uploaded) Opponent extended AC and made some responses to turns and responded to burden I extended burden went for one turn Opponent re-extended AC and extended argument on burden
Hendrickson	1	Opponent: Kendra Blaney \| Judge: Opponent ran an AC about how CV increases democracy legitimacy and turnout I ran CP with lottery alternative and ran turns on the AC Opponent extended AC and made a couple responses to the CP I extended the CP and the turns Opponent went only for AC

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Grapevine

Opponent: Lyndie Ho | Judge: Kasey Harrison

My opponent ran an AC that talked about overcoming racism and how CV solves
I ran a CP that was impacted to solve for racism and low turnout a definition of democracy that clashed with her def of a democracy and I responded analytically to the AC
Opponent extends racism impact and parts of the AC and makes responses to CP
I extend CP and definition of democracy and explained how CP solves wo coercion and respond to arguments on CP
Opponent re-extends racism impact and parts of the AC

Greenhill

Opponent: Shomik Ati | Judge: Tyler Cook

Opponent ran an AC with fw that talked about how democracy does not focus on the common good and the will of the people
I ran a burden CP a counter definition and another definition of democracy that I linked some cards that talked about how voting does not reveal the will of the people
The affirmative extends parts of the AC makes responses to the definition and makes responses to the CP
I go for the burden CP and the definition of democracy
My opponent extends all the arguments on the CP and the definition of democracy He re-extends offense

Greenhill

Opponent: Shomik Ati | Judge: Tyler Cook

Hendrickson

Opponent: Laura McComb | Judge: James Toby

Opponent ran AC about representation of the people's will and increasing turnout
I read traffic death burdendouble bind and turns to the AC (same turns uploaded)
Opponent extended AC and made some responses to turns and responded to burden
I extended burden went for one turn
Opponent re-extended AC and extended argument on burden

Hendrickson

Opponent: Kendra Blaney | Judge:

Opponent ran an AC about how CV increases democracy legitimacy and turnout
I ran CP with lottery alternative and ran turns on the AC
Opponent extended AC and made a couple responses to the CP
I extended the CP and the turns
Opponent went only for AC

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Cites

Entry	Date
Burden Tournament: Greenhill \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Shomik Ati \| Judge: Tyler Cook Burden: The affirmative has a burden to show compelling turnout will increase democratic representation. I argue it will not. Victoria Anne Shineman, “Incentivizing Participation Increases Political Information: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment,” Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, 2012 "However, a difference in…democracy as a whole."	9/21/13
CP with lottery alternative Tournament: Hendrickson \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Kendra Blaney \| Judge: Because compulsion by definition violates individual rights and violating rights is immoral. Leonard Peikoff, ‘The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary,” The Ominous Parallels, 1982 Force is considered properly the last resort in Just War Theory. If force must be the last resort against other citizens, it should be the last resort against a countries own citizens. Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein, “Just War Theory vs American Self Defense,” The Objective Standard, Spring 2006 Lottery alt Norman Ornstein, “The Mega Millions Solution,” The New York Times, April 23, 2012	9/21/13
Coercion bad CP Tournament: Grapevine \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Lyndie Ho \| Judge: Kasey Harrison Because compulsion by definition violates individual rights and violating rights is immoral. Leonard Peikoff, ‘The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary,” The Ominous Parallels, 1982 It is also consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights where protections from coercion precede any initiation of coercive rights. Tracinski, Robert W. "50th Anniversary For The `The Human Family'" Chicago Tribune. N.p., 10 Dec. 1998. Web. 19 Sept. 2013. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-12-10/news/9812100061_1_human-rights-individual-rights-universal-declaration. There are multiple alternatives to compulsion that would increase turnout. Anthony Morse , “What Is The Best Way To Increase Voter Participation Rates In The United States?” Forbes, 10/16/2012	9/19/13
Definition of democracy Tournament: Grapevine \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Lyndie Ho \| Judge: Kasey Harrison Democracy means more than popular sovereignty. Hermanus Gradus Steijn, “Facilitating a Moral Compromise in Plural Liberal Democracies: Why a Policy of Compulsory Attendance During Elections Is Justifiable,” Leiden University, June 8, 2012	9/19/13
Definition of democracy Tournament: Greenhill \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Shomik Ati \| Judge: Tyler Cook Democracy is nothing more than the rule of the people Carl Cohen, “The Nature of Democracy,” http://carl-cohen.org/docs/DEM20-20Chap201.pdf "Democracy is government...the people govern themselves."	9/21/13
Overview Tournament: Greenhill \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Shomik Ati \| Judge: Tyler Cook Overview: Voting does not reveal the will of the people. John Burnheim, “Is Democracy Possible? The alternative to electoral politics,” SETIS The University of Sydney, 1985 "Where many of the...relative advantages and disadvantages." John Burnheim, “Is Democracy Possible? The alternative to electoral politics,” SETIS The University of Sydney, 1985 "Another nest of difficulties…"	9/21/13
Traffic death Double Bindburden Tournament: Hendrickson \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Laura McComb \| Judge: James Toby Individual votes are extremely unlikely to matter, or make a difference. Mark Brandly, “Why Vote?” Ludwig Von Mises Institute, March 22, 2011 And, voting on election day drastically increases the number of traffic deaths. Mark Brandly, “Why Vote?” Ludwig Von Mises Institute, March 22, 2011	9/19/13
Turns Tournament: Hendrickson \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: Kendra Blaney \| Judge: Compulsory voting results in uninformed votes that decrease the legitimacy of the democracy. 21st Century Australia, 2013 and#34;Is Compulsory Voting Stealing the Essence of Democracy?and#34; 21st Century. N.p., 21 Feb. 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2013. http://21stcenturyaustralia.com.au/posts/is-compulsory-voting-stealing-the-essence-of-democracy/. Compulsory voting will result in incompetent politicians who ultimately undermine democracy. Moraro 2011, Piero. and#34;Why Compulsory Voting Undermines Democracy.and#34; St James Ethics Centre. Living Ethics,. Web. 30 Aug. 2013. http://www.ethics.org.au/living-ethics/why-compulsory-voting-undermines-democracy Compulsory voting backfires and means that informed votes matter less. Moraro 2011, Piero. and#34;Why Compulsory Voting Undermines Democracy.and#34; St James Ethics Centre. Living Ethics,. Web. 30 Aug. 2013. http://www.ethics.org.au/living-ethics/why-compulsory-voting-undermines-democracy Politicians would have to spend more time campaigning in a democracy with compulsory voting. Redlingshafer, JoEllen. and#34;How Mandatory Voting Hurts Democracy.and#34; PolicyMic. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2013. http://www.policymic.com/articles/2376/how-mandatory-voting-hurts-democracy. Compulsory voting eliminates two ideas central to democracy. Lever Annabelle (Associate Professor of Normative Political Theory in the Department of the University of Geneva, Switzerland), “Is Compulsory Voting Justified?” Public Reason, 2009 Compulsory voting does violate rights Lever Annabelle (Associate Professor of Normative Political Theory in the Department of the University of Geneva, Switzerland), “Is Compulsory Voting Justified?” Public Reason, 2009 Unrestrained government power causes war and kills more people than war. Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii and Nobel Prize Nominee RJ Rummel, “20th Century Democide,” Death by Government, 1994	9/21/13

Entry

Date

Burden

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Shomik Ati | Judge: Tyler Cook
Burden: The affirmative has a burden to show compelling turnout will increase democratic representation. I argue it will not.
Victoria Anne Shineman, “Incentivizing Participation Increases Political Information: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment,” Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, 2012
"However, a difference in…democracy as a whole."

9/21/13

CP with lottery alternative

Tournament: Hendrickson | Round: 1 | Opponent: Kendra Blaney | Judge:
Because compulsion by definition violates individual rights and violating rights is immoral.
Leonard Peikoff, ‘The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary,” The Ominous Parallels, 1982

Force is considered properly the last resort in Just War Theory. If force must be the last resort against other citizens, it should be the last resort against a countries own citizens.
Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein, “Just War Theory vs American Self Defense,” The Objective Standard, Spring 2006

Lottery alt
Norman Ornstein, “The Mega Millions Solution,” The New York Times, April 23, 2012

9/21/13

Coercion bad CP

Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Lyndie Ho | Judge: Kasey Harrison
Because compulsion by definition violates individual rights and violating rights is immoral.
Leonard Peikoff, ‘The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary,” The Ominous Parallels, 1982

It is also consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights where protections from coercion precede any initiation of coercive rights.
Tracinski, Robert W. "50th Anniversary For The `The Human Family'" Chicago Tribune. N.p., 10 Dec. 1998. Web. 19 Sept. 2013. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-12-10/news/9812100061_1_human-rights-individual-rights-universal-declaration.

There are multiple alternatives to compulsion that would increase turnout.
Anthony Morse , “What Is The Best Way To Increase Voter Participation Rates In The United States?” Forbes, 10/16/2012

9/19/13

Definition of democracy

Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Lyndie Ho | Judge: Kasey Harrison
Democracy means more than popular sovereignty.
Hermanus Gradus Steijn, “Facilitating a Moral Compromise in Plural Liberal Democracies: Why a Policy of Compulsory Attendance During Elections Is Justifiable,” Leiden University, June 8, 2012

9/19/13

Definition of democracy

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Shomik Ati | Judge: Tyler Cook
Democracy is nothing more than the rule of the people
Carl Cohen, “The Nature of Democracy,” http://carl-cohen.org/docs/DEM20-20Chap201.pdf

"Democracy is government...the people govern themselves."

9/21/13

Overview

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Shomik Ati | Judge: Tyler Cook
Overview: Voting does not reveal the will of the people.

John Burnheim, “Is Democracy Possible? The alternative to electoral politics,” SETIS The University of Sydney, 1985
"Where many of the...relative advantages and disadvantages."

John Burnheim, “Is Democracy Possible? The alternative to electoral politics,” SETIS The University of Sydney, 1985
"Another nest of difficulties…"

9/21/13

Traffic death Double Bindburden

Tournament: Hendrickson | Round: 1 | Opponent: Laura McComb | Judge: James Toby
Individual votes are extremely unlikely to matter, or make a difference.
Mark Brandly, “Why Vote?” Ludwig Von Mises Institute, March 22, 2011

And, voting on election day drastically increases the number of traffic deaths.
Mark Brandly, “Why Vote?” Ludwig Von Mises Institute, March 22, 2011

9/19/13

Turns

Tournament: Hendrickson | Round: 1 | Opponent: Kendra Blaney | Judge:
Compulsory voting results in uninformed votes that decrease the legitimacy of the democracy.
21st Century Australia, 2013 and#34;Is Compulsory Voting Stealing the Essence of Democracy?and#34; 21st Century. N.p., 21 Feb. 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2013. http://21stcenturyaustralia.com.au/posts/is-compulsory-voting-stealing-the-essence-of-democracy/.

Compulsory voting will result in incompetent politicians who ultimately undermine democracy.
Moraro 2011, Piero. and#34;Why Compulsory Voting Undermines Democracy.and#34; St James Ethics Centre. Living Ethics,. Web. 30 Aug. 2013. http://www.ethics.org.au/living-ethics/why-compulsory-voting-undermines-democracy

Compulsory voting backfires and means that informed votes matter less.
Moraro 2011, Piero. and#34;Why Compulsory Voting Undermines Democracy.and#34; St James Ethics Centre. Living Ethics,. Web. 30 Aug. 2013. http://www.ethics.org.au/living-ethics/why-compulsory-voting-undermines-democracy

Politicians would have to spend more time campaigning in a democracy with compulsory voting.
Redlingshafer, JoEllen. and#34;How Mandatory Voting Hurts Democracy.and#34; PolicyMic. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2013. http://www.policymic.com/articles/2376/how-mandatory-voting-hurts-democracy.

Compulsory voting eliminates two ideas central to democracy.
Lever Annabelle (Associate Professor of Normative Political Theory in the Department of the University of Geneva, Switzerland), “Is Compulsory Voting Justified?” Public Reason, 2009

Compulsory voting does violate rights
Lever Annabelle (Associate Professor of Normative Political Theory in the Department of the University of Geneva, Switzerland), “Is Compulsory Voting Justified?” Public Reason, 2009

Unrestrained government power causes war and kills more people than war.
Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii and Nobel Prize Nominee RJ Rummel, “20th Century Democide,” Death by Government, 1994

9/21/13

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