Heritage Foundation on Government Reform

Same-day voter registration promotes chaos & fraud

• Seize the authority of states to regulate the voting process by forcing states to implement early voting, automatic voter registration, same-day registration, online voter registration, and no-fault absentee balloting.
• Make it easier to commit fraud and promotes chaos at the polls through same-day registration, as election officials have no time to verify the accuracy of voter registration information.
• Degrade the accuracy of registration lists by automatically registering individuals from state databases, such as DMV and welfare offices.
• Cripple the effectiveness of state voter ID laws by allowing individuals to vote without an ID and merely signing a statement in which they claim they are who they say they are.

Only incumbents and special interests oppose term limits

Special interests oppose term limits because they do not want to lose their valuable investments in incumbent legislators. Many are organized to extract programs, subsidies, and regulations from the federal government--to use the law, in other words, as a lever to benefit their own constituencies or harm their rivals. Lobbyists will be decimated by term limits that force them to relearn the priorities of new Members and make arguments on the merits, not on the strength of personal connections.

Tort liability costs almost $1,000 for every US citizen

But there is yet another cost: that of stifled innovation, due to fear of punitive class-action lawsuits.