Do Americans realise how absolutely insane the very concept of “purging a voter registration list” is? You have to *register to vote*? What are you even talking about?
Are you a citizen? Then you should automatically get a vote. There isn’t anything to administer. You live there. The government serves you; not you it. Voting isn’t supposed to be a privilege, or reward.
The obvious abuse vector that any system other than “all citizens vote” becomes is astounding.
“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.
@mattwilcox we have automatic voter registration in Germany for citizens. However, the government or to be more precise the local municipality needs to know where they can send the voter info before the election and - if you do want to vote via mail - an address to send you the ballot.
To be able to do this, you have to register with the municipality once you move there. This address is also used for all other affairs with the state, like taxes, trash collection, etc.
Matt Wilcox
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