“Well what about XyZ?”

Did I stutter? *all* citizens. You all pay taxes, you all live together, choices made by gov effect all of you. So you all get a say. Automatically. Nothing should make any persons voice not count. Yes that includes criminals. ALL get a vote.

For a self proclaimed world leading democracy, so many of the systems in play seem very far removed from that bold claim and much more “keep the current rich white guys in power” encoded in the system as a whole.

@damkina @mattwilcox in GB local authorities maintain electoral rolls, which list voters at an address, and can be quite painlessly updated via a central website (using what's analogous to a ‘society security number’).

Assuming you don't move (or change name) you won't have to ever do anything, and at least once a year the local elections officer sends a list to each address of the voters recorded at that address, along with their contact details et al, as a reminder should any corrections be needed.

VoterID is sadly a whole other problem, though still more manageable than in the US.

@kcoyle @damkina @mattwilcox in theory death is handled automatically via a death certificate being issued, and as I said you do have to manually add/remove addresses (you can actually have more than one) :)

And hence the at least annual letter — giving households the chance to notice and rectify mistakes, including unnoticed deaths or permanent address changes

Not quite sure what you mean by ‘state mandated identifies’?