politics

Is it preferable in a democracy to either ensure all legitimate voters are able to (which means some people who are not legitimate voters will have their votes count) OR ensure all illegitimate votes are not counted (with the risk that some legitimate voters will be denied)

depends on the subgenre of democracy.

in a constitutional republic, the former may be stable w/ close to 80% turnout & no gerrymandering. otherwise, if the votes are de facto nonfungible, I would see the latter as necessary.