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You don't find out you need to re-register until it's too late.
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
You don't find out you need to re-register until it's too late.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoDon't most places allow same day registration at the polls? Every state I've voted in does. Edit: ok, 2/5ths isn't most but it's still a lot. Chill with the down-votes, it was an honest question, not an attack on your ideology.
- lalaithion 7y agoOnly 17 states have same day registration. Ohio does not.
- ceejayoz 7y agoSorta. There are problems with that approach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_ballot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_ballot > The rates of rejection vary widely across the states, with some states counting all or nearly all provisional ballots while others reject more than half. I would expect maliciously executed voter purges to be accompanied by malicious rules on provisional ballots.
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- spamizbad 7y agoOnly 21 states[1] offer same-day registration. It's far less common in the south and midwest regions of the US. [1] http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/same-day-registration.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/same-da...
- bryanlarsen 7y agoNope, deadline was a week ago yesterday. https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/ohio/ https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-date...
- onlyrealcuzzo 7y agoOnly 17 states allow this. Only a subset of them have registration at the polls.
- manderley 7y agoGuess what the Republicans eliminated in Ohio a few years ago: Same-day voter registration.
- xythian 7y agoMost do not. > As of June 30, 2019, a total of 21 states plus the District of Columbia have enacted same day registration (SDR), which allows any qualified resident of the state to go to register to vote and cast a ballot all in that day. http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/same-day-registration.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/same-da... And, same day isn't necessarily the best solution. For example, Oregon does vote-by-mail. This process would make it difficult to allow for same day registration. But, Oregon also has nation leading voter turnout. No polling places, no hassle, just an envelope in the mail. * Oregon also does automatic registrations when interacting with the DMV.
- Operyl 7y agoFlorida also does easy opt in voting (checkbox) with most DMV requests now too (not sure how long that’s been a thing).
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoIsn’t that a federal law (the voter motor law)? See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Voter_Registration_Act_of_1993 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Voter_Registration_...
- Operyl 7y agoDidn’t know that was a law, neat.
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- bryanlarsen 7y agoAnd perhaps that is the real problem rather than the deregistration. Here in Canada you can register at the polling station on the day of the election.
- dragontamer 7y agoThe real problem is that one of our parties in the USA is passing laws to lower voter turnout. The precise rules of voting don't really matter: as long as the anti-vote group gets what they want, they'll suppress the vote and strengthen themselves politically.
- twoquestions 7y agoFor those who don't know, the last day you can register to vote before a general election is October 7 https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/voters/register/ https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/voters/register/
- not_a_cop75 7y agoI mean notification should be a requirement of kicking people off the rolls. That seems reasonable.