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Connecticut Democrats have a bold new idea to save democracy: force everyone to vote, including those who think the Declaration of Independence is the name of Taylor Swift's new album and that civic duty means posting selfies from Coachella.
House Bill 7242 passed along party lines in a 99-46 vote on May 13, directing a new state task force to figure out how to achieve 100% voter turnout by 2030, because nothing says ‘civic engagement’ like dragging the politically illiterate to the polls to cancel out the votes of people who actually pay attention.
Rep. Matt Blumenthal (D-Stamford) insists the goal is just a thought experiment. He told the CT Examiner it’s “obviously aspirational” and that he’s baffled Republicans didn’t get on board.
Democracy is great until you remember who gets to participate. There are people in this country — and in this state — who shouldn’t be anywhere near a ballot box. Some can’t locate Connecticut on a map. Others think climate change is going to kill us all unless they vote for someone who bans gas stoves. And some think “The View” is news. Should these people be forced — sorry, "encouraged" — to vote?
Democrats think so, because uninformed voters tend to vote blue. That’s not a conspiracy theory. That’s their voter outreach strategy.
Now, Connecticut municipalities can also set up “pilot programs” to promote 100% turnout — within “existing resources,” of course. Translation: local taxpayers get to fund woke workshops and TikTok campaigns with dancing ballots telling you how and where to vote. What’s not in the bill?
Anything about improving voter integrity. Republican Rep. David Rutigliano put it best: “They should spend more time on voter security and voter integrity and less time on pie-in-the-sky ideas.”
This is the same party that shrugs at voter fraud in Bridgeport but wants to figure out how to force your stoned cousin to vote in the next municipal referendum.
Mandatory voting, even the "soft" version Democrats are peddling, is not civic engagement — it’s civic extortion. It’s about control. After all, nothing boosts public confidence like dragging the disinterested to the polls at government command.
If Democrats really want to boost civic participation, maybe start by teaching kids how government works. Or ensuring the Secretary of the State doesn’t play part-time activist. Or — crazy idea — let people opt out if they’re uninformed, uninterested, or just plain unqualified.
Here’s the quiet part no one’s supposed to say out loud: not everyone should vote. And if that sounds harsh, go read the bill again and ask yourself if “aspirational” democracy ends with fines, mandates, and forced participation — or if it starts there.
Naturally, this bill drew rave reviews from the usual suspects — starting with Rep. Josh Elliott, who apparently thinks 67% turnout in a presidential election is a crisis. “That's not good enough,” he said.
“Municipal elections are worse, with participation dipping as low as 10-15% in some towns.” In other words, people aren’t voting in off-year budget referendums — so clearly the solution is a government task force and a plan to strong-arm everyone to the ballot box whether they want to be there or not.
Then there is Sarah Ganong from Working Families Power, the activist wing of a party so far left it makes Bernie Sanders look like a fiscal hawk. She’s excited about “universal voting of all eligible electors” and thinks Connecticut can learn a thing or two from “some of the 26 countries around the world where voting is a required civic duty” — you know, places like North Korea and Argentina. She also wants to allow all prisoners to vote, expand mail voting, and register 16-year-olds. Because if you can’t legally drive to the polls, the government should just sign you up anyway.
Miles Rapoport — former Secretary of the State and current Executive Director of 100% Democracy — gushed over the bill too, bragging that support for this nonsense comes from “the Connecticut AFL-CIO, SEIU, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and the Connecticut Citizen Action Group,” aka the full progressive parade of tax-hiking, union-funding, government-growing activists.
Rapoport also believes “a fuller and more reflective electorate will help to narrow polarization.” Meaning if everyone is forced to vote, Democrats win more.
Let’s call this bill what it is: Democrats know that uninformed, apathetic voters are their bread and butter. The same people who couldn't tell you the three branches of government are the very ones progressive activists want marching to the polls — preferably with pre-filled ballots.
Mandatory voting isn’t about participation. It’s about control. Connecticut’s far-left wants to turn voting into a civic obligation enforced by guilt, shame, and eventually legislation. And if you dare say some people aren’t equipped to make informed decisions? Well, clearly you're a threat to democracy.
No thanks. In a free country, people have the right not to vote. And considering who’s pushing this bill, that might be the most responsible civic act of all.
They've foreseen the death of their party and are scrambling to breathe life into a rotting carcass.
The loss of the Democrat party is a gain for all of America. There are enough centre left wingers in the Republican Party to spin off a new party with a less laughable name.