article_snippet: Obama lent Obama support to a movement to implement mandatory voting in the United States on Wednesday, saying it could prove to be a short-term solution to the excessive amount of money that's now spent on elections in the country. '
article_snippet: Obama lent Obama support to a movement to implement mandatory voting in the United States on Wednesday, saying it could prove to be a short-term solution to the excessive amount of money that's now spent on elections in the country .
article_snippet: President Barack Obama brought up the topic of compulsory voting while giving a long-winded response to an audience member's question about what can be done to resolve the 'dysfunction' in Washington and lead to overturn of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that allowed a freer flow of money in politics .
article_snippet: Speaking at the The City Club of Cleveland today, President Barack Obama brought the subject up on President Barack Obama own while giving a long-winded response to an audience member's question about what can be done to resolve the 'dysfunction' in Washington Washington and lead to overturn of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that allowed a freer flow of money in politics. '
article_snippet: I don't think I've ever said this publicly, but I'm going to say this now,' President Barack Obama said, before bringing up compulsory voting. '
article_snippet: We shouldn't be making it hard to vote, We should be making it easier to vote,' President Barack Obama said.
article_snippet: In Australia and some other countries there's mandatory voting,' the president, a trained Constitutional lawyer, added, saying moments later that it 'may end up being a better strategy in the short-term' to dealing with franchise issues.
article_snippet: President Barack Obama followed up the remark by saying that 'long-term I think it would be fun to have a constitutional amendment process about... how our financial system works.'
article_snippet: After the smattering of applause died down, President Barack Obama said that realistically, though, that would be a long-term proposition.
article_snippet: Minutes before, in response to the man's original question, President Barack Obama had said President Barack Obama thinks the 'almost unlimited' amount of money that is spent on American political campaigns is, in President Barack Obama opinion 'bad for our democracy.' '
article_snippet: I just dont think its a good way for our democracy to work.'
article_snippet: And 'it just degrades our democracy,' President Barack Obama stated, before moving onto another aspect of the problem.
highlights_snippet: He said it could prove to be a short-term solution to the excessive amount of money that's now spent on elections in the country .
  