Yes, I accept that all things being equal, registering voters that are less educated about policy than the average voter is bad. But all things are not equal. I assume most or all of the participants were trying to register demographics that are likely to vote for Clinton, not a random sample of uneducated people.
There are arguments both for and against political neutrality, but it is worth considering the following points.
1) We would be sacrificing this principle because of one particular candidate.
2) If it is important to take action, it would impact political neutrality much less if individual EAs took action instead of official groups
3) Taking an action in order to support a candidate, is a much greater breach of political neutrality than just opposing a few particular positions.
Yes, I accept that all things being equal, registering voters that are less educated about policy than the average voter is bad. But all things are not equal. I assume most or all of the participants were trying to register demographics that are likely to vote for Clinton, not a random sample of uneducated people.
There are arguments both for and against political neutrality, but it is worth considering the following points.
1) We would be sacrificing this principle because of one particular candidate. 2) If it is important to take action, it would impact political neutrality much less if individual EAs took action instead of official groups 3) Taking an action in order to support a candidate, is a much greater breach of political neutrality than just opposing a few particular positions.