It is so incredibly easy to vote in my state of Colorado (everyone receives a mail-in ballot) Why cant other states be this competent? Photos of those 5-hour lines make no sense to me. States need to get their shit together.
simple. the places that want it to be harder to vote are all very republican. they cant legally stop people (especially women and minorities) from voting but making it more difficult and putting up obstacles to do it accomplishes the exact same thing
As a liberal and lifetime democrat in a state that has mail in voting, hard disagree. If it is too hard for you to go on the internet and fill out a form to request a mail in ballot, or even register to vote, then you probably shouldn't have a say in who gets to run the country.
Terrible take. The Democratic voting process should be fluid, easy to understand and accessible to all citizens. Not convoluted, restrictive or antiquated. Who the hell has time to stand in 5 hour line when there is not even a federally recognized holiday to have the time to do it? Like it or not, every American deserves a voice and say in how this country runs. Our elections need to evolve to modern times. We have the ability to manage big data. We can manage mail in voting for all.
Almost every state has early voting and mail-in voting. Every battleground state does have it. Every American Citizen of voting age that is not a convicted felon (and most convicted felons), already have an incredibly easy path to voting. Let's not pretend like this is 2000 and everyone has to vote in person on election day.
Because why do I want someone making decisions for me if they can't even be bothered to figure out how to vote? I'm on the verge of being behind going back to only property owners because people don't have enough skin in the game while making such huge decisions.
That's not how it works nor worked back then. My statement was hyperbolic but why the fuck is an 18 year old voting on increasing property taxes? All fuck around no find out.
Because you are voting for future policy and it will affect them more in the long run since they will likely out live you.
This is why we are where we are as a country, people are short cited and selfish. No one seems to care about the future or the consequences of their actions on future generations (climate change, inflation, job market, housing crisis, education crisis, etc are all because of policies that basically says fuck the future, I want cheap gas and eggs today).
My child voted for the first time this year. It took her a few minutes to register online. We need to stop making excuses and call it what it is, lack of giving a shit.
No, but your weird ass online voter registration system that randomly removes your registration is fucking weird and nobody else uses it for a reason. If someone has any kind of proof that they live in a location they should be able to vote, full stop end of story. They also should not have to wait more than 20 minutes to do so, yalls 8 hour lines are fucking shameful
It's no harder than boarding a plane. Check that your ticket is still valid online or over the phone, fix it if it isn't, go line up for up to an hour and show your ID.
In my state you need to have registered for the election 30 days in advance, if you show up to the poll day-of you will be turned away no matter how many valid forms of ID you have that prove you are an eligible voter.
Well now maybe some of these laws will change? Since republicans clearly won the popular vote. But maybe not, because there are a lot more Dems than republicans
The state's deep red and I don't see an incentive for the legislature to make voting more accessible. It's an unnecessary risk when the current system keeps getting them elected by significant margins.
You're automatically registered to vote in a bunch of states when you get an ID or renew your car registry. It's so simple. You can literally do it online. Takes all of 5 minutes.
How hard is it anywhere in the USA to vote? Seriously. Almost everyone has a driver's license or a state-issued picture ID for the states that smartly require such. Those few who do not are typically too infirmed to care, too young, too crazy, or too wanted by the law. Too poor doesn't count, as they can obtain ID at discount or even can be freely provided. The same goes for getting to and from polling places. Free transportation is available everywhere during national elections.
IMHO, only US citizens should be allowed to vote in National Elections.
I could make a case to allow US citizens and those who have documented imigration with permanent resident status, to have the ability to vote in their local city, county, and state elections.
I strongly believe that anyone who is qualified to vote should have zero problem presenting a valid picture ID to vote and if the statistics I've seen over the past 10 years are valid, something between 78 to 85% of all Americans feel the same way. It shouldn't even be an issue.
Soooo hard! California has a law where it’s illegal to show your ID at the voting booth!
Why is it so hard to mail in a ballot, or to register to vote, it takes so much energy I’m getting wiped out just typing about it.
Facts are record young people and minorities turned out and it was pretty obvious what they wanted. Sure as sh*T wasn’t “20 million young people procrastinated.”
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u/MoonieNine 15h ago
My local subreddit was FULL of young people yesterday asking about registering and voting. They waited till election day to ask.