text: First of all it's illegal.\nSecond, it's not a matter of votes but of educated votes.  An uneducated voter is a scary prospect and potentially quite detrimental to our community.  \nIf the fact that thousands of people have died throughout our history to establish our right to vote and millions of people around the world still have no say in their government is not enough to persuade someone to exercise their right than they don't deserve to vote.