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"You won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians." (infosec.pub)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

there's also a bit of a difference in that voting is connected to where you live,

So just like paying taxes

Automatic voter registration that would cover 99% of eligible voters would be easy if we made that checkbox an opt out and put it on more government paperwork (e.g. tax filings, Medicaid applications, public school student registration stuff, etc.), we just lack the political will to do it

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    This is the real best answer, I think. If they can put a check box in the driver's license application, they can spam it in a whole bunch of other spots.

    Not everyone does taxes, either, but there are certainly way more automatic spots you could try to catch people. Between that and automatic mailed ballots, we could really increase voting.

    I do also wish all states had open primaries. It seems really dumb that I have to link myself to a party that I dont like to try to select the least bad candidate.

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