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One of America’s defining features is the right to vote. There are people in other countries who don’t get to vote for their leaders, but on July 4, 1776, American stood as one and declared itself an independent country! A democracy! We vote for our leaders! What better way to celebrate being American than registering to vote or checking your voter registration?
You can register to vote within your state by contacting its board of elections. I’m told that some states make it hard to register to vote. If you go to vote.gov it will direct you to your state’s register to vote page. If you have trouble registering, I’m told that vote.org, makes it easier, but it asks a lot of personal questions, which aren’t necessary to register (be sure to use a burner email address with them to avoid any spam risk).
If you have already registered to vote, please double check to make sure that you have not been purged from voter rolls, as some states have been removing legally registered voters without informing them. This is an important election, let’s aim for 100% voter participation!
onlyforn00ds
This is why I love Minnesota. Same-day registration means the state GOP can't do any fuckery beyond making you wait five minutes.
DocSimon
KKK doesn't like that
RoosterBrewster
If you’re angry and you know it fucking vote!
DaeLlama
One thing I love about Qld aus was the gov stalks you when I changed my car rego address they automatically updated all my gov contact info.
TheFeralDog
I'm considering this point whoring at this point. I mean ?I guess if a few more vote but this just seems like a cheap way to get points.
type1eagle
What are your thoughts on the Garden of Heroes?
maltwaterhopsyeast
Kanye 2020
10thBanBestBan
Nah.
Stratego89
TY for this reminder. Just moved and this reminded me I need to update it for this.
SisterMidnight
Good for you!
crayondragon
Good luck, you guys need it.
TheIceHorse
And theyve done a lot more purging if the voter rolls these last few years. I had just registered for the last election and got purged.
SisterMidnight
That’s alarming. May I ask which state?
CptnFlame2887
Just checked mine this morning and I'm all set. I have a feeling this presidential election will see the highest voter turnout in history
SisterMidnight
I sincerely hope so! Congratulations on being registered!
SpikeWolfwood
Just double checked my registration and elected to have my ballot mailed to me. Not going to get fucked out of voting.
SisterMidnight
Good for you!
The701
Hopefully the post office is still functioning come November.
Fritzy19
maninthedarkness
2020's should be 2024's if the status quo doesn't change. 2020 should be him in a hazmat suit if an image exists of it.
AlexMuchacho
And don't forget to vote trump the chump right the heck out!!!
BootsDusty
tdstar
Many countries doesn't disenfranchise their citizens. US states does.
greenf1sh
I'm all for this, but want to know who owns / operates vote.org and where the information I put into the site to check goes.
Huhwhatcrazy
The Red states love the purge
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SisterMidnight
Supposedly they think they are removing dead people and people who left the state & “accidentally” removed legal voters. It happens mostly>
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< because if the only people being purged or Democrats, that means Republicans will always win.
IVerifyPeoplesUsernames
Don't vote like your life depends on it. Vote BECAUSE your life depends on it.
Boil1337
I had to upvote, Captain's orders...!
painkiller1968
Should be Uncle Sam in the pic not Cap. Cap is fictional, Uncle Sam is real.
CodeWarrior
God, we need a Captain America. If I could have any of the MCU heros, it would be that one.
Leeloothedog
not one of the smart guys who can solve earth's biggest problems?
CodeWarrior
We have smart people who can solve all of Earths problems right now. What we don't seem to have is someone who can unite people with them.
Leeloothedog
yah... so ironman. best of both worlds.
Leeloothedog
also. na they cant solve shit compared to these time traveling nano bot building in there spare time cz there bored nerds
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DrRad
How are people too stupid to see that this is an obvious joke, and a pretty good one at that?
SisterMidnight
You are mistaken. Captain America loves Democracy.
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Nengex
That is such a surface-level analysis. Cap was against registering individuals with superpowers as it required those with 1/2
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Secret IDs (to protect themselves and their families) to publicly register, putting a target on their backs by villains & enemies.
Nengex
The Act put individuals and families who couldn't defend themselves in unnecessary danger. That is why Cap opposed it.
Frostbreaker1
Please guys. Just please. Sincerely, Canada
TheWolverine
You let us down by reelecting that blubbering idiot. Trump is still the only real man leading a country on this continent.
Trolbank
Bahahaha good one.
Frostbreaker1
I learned long ago not to argue with ppl like you. Good day
Scrotality
Why do Americans have to register in order to vote? Honest question.
maninthedarkness
Bureaucracy.
CarBOM
You have to register in South Africa as well. Just to make sure your details are up to date and you're voting in the district you live in.
CarBOM
This is important for municipal and provincial elections as well as our national elections.
Conser1
Think of every country in the EU voting for who will be the next PM of the EU. That's pretty much why.
sumowoman
I've moved from one nation to another in EU. I had to inform both of my new address - end of. I'm invited to the elections that I'm allowed
sumowoman
to vote in. The ballot address is on the invitation. Sometimes I vote for my local government in my new country, sometimes I vote for the
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parliament in my country of origin. For the latter I may have to drive 2-3 hours to get to the ballot, but my employee is fine giving the
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day off.
Thewinterisstillhere
Here in Canada we do our taxes once a year, we change address if needed to in our tax form and voilà. We can vote. There is exemption but..
LeeDee16
And even if you don’t file your taxes or if you’ve moved or whatever, you can just show up on Election Day with sufficient ID and vote.
LeeDee16
And we get a voter’s card mailed to us telling us that we’re registered to vote and where and when to go.
YoSamiteSam
In canada you just go to your local polling place, show your ID, they check and see if you voted already, and then you vote. Quick and easy.
KaoruVanity
In addition registering to vote, if male, requires signing up for the draft (and in the past bucket brigade, which was old firefighters)
KaoruVanity
In addition, just some extra history. The reason it took so long for women to get the right to vote was due to most not wanting the draft.
KaoruVanity
Which is why for Women, registering to vote does not require signing up for the draft.
MayaMacabre
Several reasons, but essentially if you limit who has access to a highly regulated voting system, you greatly affect an election.
derpflanz
Also, because the US doesn't have a centralised register of its people (like we do for example in the Netherlands).
derpflanz
That's also the reason they have a census every few years or so.
WellIMightWantAFreeSample
That seems like a huge thing. I've wondered why the gov doesn't just keep a list of citizens and the check them off when they vote.
hippy80
Registering to vote is standard around the world. Purging voter registrations is something that appears to be wholly american.
Scrotality
A quick google indicates that separate voter registration isn't that common around the world. Where do you live? Do you need to register?
hippy80
UK, but once you are registered, you are very unlikely to be urges from the voter roll unless you move/die.
Scrotality
In many countries people are registered into a national registry at birth, and thus aren't required to register separately to vote.
Drenlin
The United States is so-called because it is literally a union of individual state governments, each of which has their own voting system. >
Drenlin
It's not so different from the EU in some respects. On top of that, most elections are organized at the local level by ->
Drenlin
county or even city governments, rather than the state. Those lower levels are typically where the actual register of voters is held.
LordNergal
Voting is voluntary, not enforced, and was never intended to be a civic duty. Originally, Americans were limited to directly deciding the 1/
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House of Representatives and local officials. Notably, this was a measure intended to protect against using voting to enforce a sort of 2/
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tyranny of one part of the population over another. When we removed part of that protection, well... you see what resulted. 3/3
Prinzka
I don't see how that's relevant. Most countries don't have mandatory voting and don't require you to register. You're a citizen, you get to
Prinzka
Vote
LordNergal
It's relevant because it is part of the design mindset of limiting the power of the common people to influence government. As I detailed 1/
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further down the replies, which were important to read instead of stopping at one spot and missing the point.
linkrulesx10
In Australia, Voting is compulsory, you still need to ensure you are on the electoral roll. That could be considered registering I guess.
LordNergal
It should be noted Australia is designed to operate as a democracy, while the U.S. is not. The U.S. is designed to operate as a 1/
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meritocracy, but instead functions as a plutocracy. 2/2
Callistan
Initially it was developed to prevent non-citizen immigrants from voting (reasonable enough - only citizens are allowed to vote) but it has
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been (and arguably still is) used to disenfranchise minorities who are citizens.
Alvatore
Initially it was developed to make sure only landowners could vote.
LaoBeifong
This is false. Registering is super super easy, it ensures you only vote once, are eligible, and to assign you a polling location.
Dilldall
Dont you guys have a personal number of sorts that can be crossed out when voting? Registering seems a medieval requirement. Personal ID?
LaoBeifong
It’s literally going online to your county board of elections website and confirming your address is correct. It’s like a click of a button
martinomander5
And yet European countries ensure all those things without voter requiring registration.
Valkyyria
In Germany you have to register where your living adress is. And you are automatically getting your voting stuff.
Callistan
Voter roll purges and laws preventing felons from voting disproportionately affect minorities. In theory, I have no problem with voter
Dilldall
Why wouldnt you let felons vote? Arent prison sentences supposed to be the punishment? They are still citizens.
Callistan
registration, but in practice, unscrupulous policymakers have twisted voter registration laws to deprive people of their right to vote.