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Because this is HN and you're probably young-ish: When you're older and you've set down roots the last time you updated your voter registration was probably a few decades ago. Chances are your polling place hasn't likely changed either. So you know when elections come, you go to your usual polling place, give your name, get your ballet and "pull the lever" so to speak. You're not thinking "Oh I better double-check my voter registration!" because you haven't needed to do that in ages because your address and party affiliation hasn't changed in years.
The US is strange: It will wring its hands over low voter turnout while also actively making it more difficult to vote.
๐คspamizbad๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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You don't find out you need to re-register until it's too late.
๐คTazeTSchnitzel๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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Why do people have to register to vote at all?
The state has a sort of pretty solid idea of where they live...
๐คmaxerickson๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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Harder than it is to not wrongfully remove them in the first place, which is really all that needs to be said.
๐คstephencanon๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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I'd agree with you if a voter could just instantly register at the time of voting. Ideally there wouldn't be any need for registration at all.
๐คAloha๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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From the article, it sounded like many of the people who were to be deregistered had no idea that it was about to happen, and they likely wouldn't find out until they showed up to vote on election day.
๐คexochrono๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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Well they are certainly trying to make it hard: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/court-upholds-ohi...
๐คpstuart๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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Problem is you have no reason to believe you've been dropped and show up to vote but are given a provisional (throwaway ) ballot.
๐คpeteradio๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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I think instead of framing this issue as "how easy would it be to re-register" we could instead ask "why should anyone have to register to vote at all?" In the US, voting is a right, which is something that cannot and should not be taken away. Invalidating voting registration, especially in a targeted way, is deplorable.
๐คwbronitsky๐6y๐ผ0๐จ๏ธ0
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