Obviously, the Springfield News-Leader Doesn't.

Check out this editorial in the paper today. [1] Bob Dixon believes that the Secretary of State's office should be sending voting registration information to hunters and fishermen that are not registered. While this is a sound theory, why wouldn't government send registration forms to ALL UNREGISTERED VOTERS?

The editorial does a good job of summing up the sane position:

That's a great idea if your goal is to add to bureaucracy and be able to stand before the occasional National Rifle Association meeting to rousing applause.

But if Dixon really wants to add to the voting rolls, there are much better ways. Dixon's proposal would create one special class of Missourian that is targeted for voting. That doesn't make sense to us.

Everyone wants more people to vote. It is disgusting that at our highest turnout, only 50% of the people in this country vote. However, we need to be targeting all voters. Robin Carnahan makes a great point when she says:

"I'm all in favor of encouraging more people to vote, but I think there are more cost effective ways to get more people to vote for the same amount of money. There are lots better ways to do it that don't single out one group of people and leave out everybody else."

It is time to have a real conversation about voting. Lets have same day voting registration, early voting and other new ideas to encourage people to vote and make it as easy as possible. Bob Dixon's ridiculous idea about targeting one specific group of people shows that Republicans really do only want certain people to vote, and frankly, that is unacceptable.