Edit/Update: It turns out that my last name has a capitol letter in the middle and they put a space in it. Thank god. I can actually vote this year.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      even then you don’t need this recurring manual registration mess.

      There is no recurring manual registration. You only need to register once in your lifetime.

      If you move, you have to update your ID within 60 days, and every time you update your ID, they update your voter registration automatically. (unless you decline).

      That has been federal law since 1993, and is pretty much equivalent to European standards.

      You really have to go out of your way to not be registered to vote.

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      2 months ago

      A huge fraction of people (again, poor people, whom I’m sure you’re too privileged to associate with) do not file taxes and are not required to file taxes. See we’re getting into that thing I mentioned earlier where I give a thousand examples and you individualize each one.

      How would an illiterate dude living in a cave register to vote?

      If he knows his date of birth and his social security number, he can register in California. If he doesn’t know his SSN, they can look it up for him. In Texas, he doesn’t get to vote.