Matt WilcoxAug 12, 2024

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.

Show threadMatt WilcoxAug 12, 2024

“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.

Show threadLord Caramac the Clueless, KSCAug 12, 2024
@mattwilcox In some countries, people can even vote from prison.
Show threaddon Elías (como los buses) 🥨Aug 13, 2024
@LordCaramac @mattwilcox it's hard (for me) to believe that people in prisons cannot vote, like, they have their freedom of movement taken away, but they're still are part of society (at least I would assume that in a democratic one)
Show threadJohn Muccigrosso
@donelias @LordCaramac @mattwilcox It’s even worse. For example in which region population do you count people in prisons? If you count them in the region in which they’re imprisoned, they inflate the population but without affecting the vote. So, for example, conservative rural areas can get more representation without worrying about impacts on their votes.
Aug 13, 2024 at 11:38amWeb
Show threaddon Elías (como los buses) 🥨Aug 13, 2024
@John 😮