• UnfortunateShort
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    829 days ago

    I was baffled when I heard that in the US, you can’t just go somewhere and vote. Like, it really is that simple here.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      329 days ago

      But you have to register beforehand, right? And use some form of ID or a Name+address combo that makes it impossible to impersonate you to hijack your vote.

      • vovo
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        729 days ago

        The United States is one of the few democracies in the world where the government does not take any responsibility in registering its citizens. This one-of-a-kind, self-initiated voter registration process acts as a major barrier to voter turnout and leads to often- inaccurate voter rolls. In contrast, the international norm is a process of government-mandated automatic voter registration of every citizen who reaches voting age. This report explores how other major well-established democracies (Canada, Australia, Sweden, Italy, New Zealand and others) concretely manage to build comprehensive, inclusive, accurate voting rolls that leave no voters behind while ensuring a high level of privacy.

        https://archive.fairvote.org/rtv/Universal Voter Registration-4-21-09.pdf