Hillary Clinton Calls For Automatic Voter Registration At 18

Speaking in Texas today, Democratic contender for president Hillary Clinton said registering to vote should be automatic at age 18, unless folks choose to opt-out.

From Huffington Post:

Hillary Clinton in a speech on Thursday called for universal, automatic voter registration, saying every citizen in the country should be automatically registered to vote when they turn 18, unless they opt-out.

Clinton spoke at Texas Southern University in Houston, where she was receiving the Barbara Jordan Public-Private Leadership Award. She also said Republican-led efforts in several states to further regulate voting and voter registration disproportionately harm both underrepresented communities and young people.

Clinton also called for a national standard that would require every state in the country to offer at least 20 days of early in-person voting, including keeping polling stations open on weekends and evenings.

I completely agree on both the automatic voter registration AND on the opt-out. But it should be something that 18 year olds have to consciously do one way or the other.

The more people who vote, the better.