# Making Voting In The USA Mandatory To Get A Driver's License

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-voting-in-the-usa-mandatory-to-get-a-drivers-license/446206>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 21, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-voting-in-the-usa-mandatory-to-get-a-drivers-license/446206 "2008-04-21T08:45:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-voting-in-the-usa-mandatory-to-get-a-drivers-license/446206/61 "2008-04-24T00:18:01Z")

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[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=]  
Can you imagine the kinds of hijinks that would occur if you could affect the outcome of an election by changing the standard deduction?  
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You’re saying someone would tweak the tax code so I (for instance) ended up receiving a net payment of $1 from the government (rather than paying what I pay now) and thus forfeiting my vote in federal elections?

Where can I sign up for some of those hijinks?

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