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Please respond to the following:

Are you in favor of automatic voter registration? Why or why not? What do you see as the positives and/ or negatives of automatic registration? Do you think automatic registration will increase voter turnout? Why or why not?  

The article that I uploaed may help with some background information on the issue. You may want to do additional research on the issue prior to posting if you are unfamiliar with automatic voter registration laws.