With the big election in the USA coming closer, I often read the terms “registered voter” or appeals to “register to vote”. How does that work?
Here in Germany you simply get a letter a few weeks before each election, telling you which voting location you are assigned to and on the election day you simply go there, show your ID (Personalausweis) and you can vote.
Why isn’t it that easy in the USA?
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Because the only thing that is automatic in the states is the draft. Everything else like taxes and voting are way more complicated than they need to be and not automatic registration.
Additionally it’s a carry over from our past with racism as certain groups don’t want non-whites to vote or be able to vote.
I personally think it’s stupid and it would make sense if our voting practices looked more like our European counterparts.
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