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On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” left-wing pundit Elie Mystal called for Democrats to eliminate voter registration laws, because… I bet you can guess why.
“We could eliminate all voter registration laws,” Mystal said. “See, when Democrats get in charge, we try to protect voting rights, we don’t make voting easier.”
Mystalacknowledgedthatsomevotereligibilityrequirementsarenecessarybutquestionedtheneedforpre-registration.“Now,I’mallforvotereligibilityrequirements.Wemightdisagreeaboutwhatthoserequirementsshouldbe,”hesaid.“But,youknow,I’mgonnasaythat,like,thereshouldbeanagelimittovote.Imightsay16,youmightsay18,butI’mnotgonnasayeight,right?”
Itwouldn’tsurprisemeiftherewerepeopleontheleftwhodidthinkthateight-year-oldsshouldbeabletovote,butIdigress.
However,hetookissuewiththeconceptofpre-registration,callingitanarbitrarybarrier.“Whydoyouhavetopre-register?Why,whyisthatevenathing?Itwasn’tathinginthiscountryatthefounding.Wedidn’thavevoterpre-registrationin1787,”Mystalargued.“Wedidn’thavevoterpre-
