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[–] Hubi@feddit.org 174 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (32 children)

As a European, the whole registering to vote thing is honestly one of the wildest parts of the US elections to me. It's so unnecessary complicated and prone to errors/manipulation. I just have to show up with my ID, doesn't matter if it's for the EU parliament or the local city senate.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 94 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's by design. We could make it easier, but certain groups benefit from making it difficult.

[–] match@pawb.social 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

In conclusion, please send the UN to fix us

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The OSCE reports are usually just shy of scathing. The US reaction to those missions ranges, as far as I'm aware, from being completely oblivious to it or its results to Sheriffs trying to arrest observers.

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

On the one hand, the UN making a resolution that they won't trust the results of the US elections would play right into the hands of what some MAGAs are saying.

But MAGAs then agreeing to any UN resolution, especially one that requires third party oversight...

I'd say the odds are even on this.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's wild.

There are some local and state governments trying to pass automatic voter registration, but it's an uphill battle, not unlike most things that would generally benefit the public good in this country.

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even in California, we got automatic voter registration passed the legislature, only for the governor to veto it.

Just wild that something so fundamental to a functioning democracy is so divisive.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago

functioning democracy

That's exactly why it's divisive. They don't want a functioning democracy.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's never been a United States ID card, for... reasons. As a Californian, I could get a California ID card, at the same place I got my California Driver's License, if I didn't intend to drive. The forms have the option of adding Voter Registration using the same information (birth certificate, proof of residence) at the same time. But some states make it all much more complicated.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

United States ID card

Passport seems like it sorta fits, but it's hardly universal.

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't have your address on it though.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is it not an ID because of that? I don't see the relevance of mentioning address here.

Edit: oh, proof of residence? I went back and re-read the GP. It makes more sense in that context.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As a European, the whole registering to vote thing is honestly one of the wildest parts of the US elections to me. It’s so unnecessary complicated and prone to errors/manipulation.

...what the electorate consider a bug the politicians consider a feature...

[–] actually@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

So… I’m in Texas , been here a long time.

most ballot counts in the primaries and general are counted by secret software and hardware run by ultra conservative families the last 20 plus years. Recounts are not allowed and exit polls not used anymore because of unpredictability.

Nobody cares, no political party wants to change : not a topic in forums anywhere, even in conspiracy minded chat rooms, and it’s been this way forever ( since before 2000).

There is a ton of crazy that is ignored .

I’ve seen how the system works, I’ve been at the county chair level. Nobody will criticize it . There is a quiet culture of people knowing it’s invalid but decide to leave it be.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah but we have voter id. And for some reason Americans think it is unreasonable to have to have a government issued ID as this would disenfranchise all the people that don't have an ID... Which I think is also weird. Just make IDs accessible to citizens at low costs and implement voterID across the board.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A certain political party benefits from low voter turnout. Which, coincidentally, also happens to be the party working to get Trump elected and shield him from the repercussions of his crimes.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. It's also not as if doing this now will be reasonable. It will be something that needs to be put into law including the affordable national ID and then worked towards over the course of a decade or something.

[–] mle86@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They could just make a government ID that is not mandatory. Much like a passport. And whoever holds a passport or a voluntary govt ID is automatically enabled to vote using their ID / passport, but then would still leave the choice of manually registering for voting for those who don't trust "the government" and don't want a govt ID

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why? The whole "illegals are voting" will be dead in the water. And requiring someone to be able to ID themselves using a government issued and official ID when performing stuff like voting is not weird. The whole convoluted show up with birth certificate yadda yadda is.

[–] mle86@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah that's pretty much what I meant, sorry if I wasn't clear.

I just think in order to reduce the resistance against such a change, it might be good to still provide the "old" method with voter registration for anyone who doesn't want a government ID because of "muh freedoms".

That way, any normal citizen can just have a government ID and by identifying themselves be able to vote without further registration. Any citizen who doesn't want an ID can go through a voter registration process, same as today.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

It's so unnecessary complicated and prone to errors/manipulation

That's why it exists - to make it more inconvenient for people (especially in certain demographics) to vote.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

the sound bites you hear about voting are intentionally misleading: you have to show up with an id to vote here too and that's not where to controversy lies; but the soundbites are setup to make it sound like it is to engender the reaction you've shared.

the controversy is registering to vote; not voting; and the conservative states intentionally make registering as heavily bureaucratic as possible in the hopes of minimizing the number of people who can successfully finish to process of registration.

they've also dedicated hundreds of millions on dollars to understand and enact policies to keep the poor and minority groups from voting.

usually democrats sit back and let republicans openly do it, but sometimes democrats do it themselves; the democratic governor of california just made automatic voter registration illegal; just as the conservative states do.

[–] Devdogg@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hold on, I'm in MN and we don't have to show our ID to vote.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

the reason why we have this mess is because the states get to make up whatever rules they want around voting so long as they never officially block you from voting. doing so would force the federal government to step in, so the red & purple states are careful not to poke that bear and instead focus their voter suppression efforts on the aspects of voting that previous court cases had decided that federal government has no say: like registration.

biden won because most of the battleground states managed to make registration & voting easier; like the example you shared (except mn is not a battleground state); and they've all since then repealed that easier access.

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on the country though. In France you must be registered to vote (you're assigned a specific voting office). It's a single registration foe everything, not for each vote

Although the process is online, and takes like 5mins.

You also get a voting card, but it's technically optional, it just speeds up the process in the voting office.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Just want to add, in the US you'd don't have to register to vote each election/vote, just when you change address.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Imagine you moved countries, and were entitled to vote in both.

You have to tell the new country you exist there.

That's the most common failure mode in the US, when you move states or even counties and there's a miscommunication or lack of communication between where you came from and where you are. There is no top level federal voter database.

There are other issues, but this is the most common.

You don't vote at a federal level, you vote at a state level, for federal stuff. (And state/local stuff)

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I think for most people in the US when you move you have to get a new driver's license, and that process also lets you register to vote as an automatic bonus if you check a box saying you want it

[–] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Some states have lifetime DL terms, while others are still ridiculously long.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not every adult has a driver's licence.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

True, and that is an issue, but I guess the main thing I'm getting at is that despite voter registration not being a unified system a majority of people moving between states aren't going to be deterred from registering by a Kafkaesque bureaucratic labyrinth.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's true but I'm just explaining the potential problem.

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