• Locuralacura@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    There are graduating seniors in high-school this year. That group of unregistered voters needs to be coaxed to register, and vote. They need easy, step by step directions. They need to understand their new power of citizenship. They can be tried as adults. They should know who the sheriff is. They should know its an elected position. They need to learn this shit, and most likely it’s not gonna happen in school. Please ticktock or whatever. Make it viral.

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      1 year ago

      I still don’t understand why people have to register to vote. Everyone should automatically be registered to vote.

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          Honestly I don’t

          I live in a country where everybody who is entitled to vote, gets a vote in their mail box and a dedicated place where they can go and vote. They can even send in their votes before hand or vote in the local library.

          I don’t see how one side or the other or any can benefit by low voting percentages

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            1 year ago

            Republicans do better in elections with low voter turnout because old white people vote at disproportionately high rates.

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            Central registered of all citizens with ID-number. I’m pretty sure your nation has it, as does mine. So the government knows where you live, and where you can vote. If you move these things are automatically updated. So it’s easy to make sure everyone can vote in the “correct” ballots ect.

            None of this is true with the US