Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 4 | Opponent: Plano CH | Judge: Andy Charrier
Rights can be used in ways that are wrong. Jason Brennan. “Polluting the Polls: When citizens Should not Vote 2009”. “The typical citizen… to do so”
People vote badly when they vote without sufficient reason. Jason Brennan. “Polluting the Polls: When citizens Should not Vote 2009”. “so, as a second… irrationality and bias”
Equality means an obligation not to vote badly. Jason Brennan. “Polluting the Polls: When citizens Should not Vote 2009”. “If I am… polluting the polls”
Standard is minimizing the amount of bad votes cast.
Standard comes first because it’s more germane
It’s a side-constraint on the AC
Empirics prove that voters vote irrationally. Peter Selb, Romain Lachat. "The More, the Better. Counterfactual Evidence on the Effect of Compulsory Voting on the Consistency of Party Choice." “not surprisingly the… than voluntary voters”
People who stay at home are generally uneducated. Peter Selb, Romain Lachat. "The More, the Better. Counterfactual Evidence on the Effect of Compulsory Voting on the Consistency of Party Choice." “this claim is… of these preferences”