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<title>
Oct. 08, 1990: American Notes:Politics
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Oct. 08, 1990 Do We Care About Our Kids?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 55
American Notes
POLITICS
Who's Afraid Of the Voters?
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<p> One reason the U.S. voting rate is so low is that each
state--and even some election districts--has its own tangle
of registration requirements and procedures. The discouraging
maze keeps many citizens from voting. Thus the House in
February passed a sweeping reform bill that would permit
registration by mail and at various state agencies. Most
significantly, anyone receiving or renewing a driver's license
would be given a voter-registration form to sign.
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<p> Last week, though a majority of Senators were ready to
approve the measure, Republicans mounted a filibuster. Concerned
that most of the new votes would go to Democrats, they argued
that the reform bill would make registration too easy, too
expensive to administer and open to abuse. With only two
Republicans--Oregon's Mark Hatfield and Bob Packwood--joining the Democrats in trying to end the filibuster, reform
forces fell five short of the 60 needed to cut off debate. The
bill died.
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