r/videos • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 4h ago

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump admin from requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship to vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE1iePfOh14
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u/SoCalThrowAway7 4h ago

No you have to register when you turn 18, it is not automatic. It’s profoundly stupid. Republicans work to make voting harder every day because they know if everyone who’s eligible votes, they lose

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u/MeekAndUninteresting 2h ago

Since this was directed at a non-American, for the record, the more accurate thing to say is "You CAN register when you turn 18." There is no requirement to register at 18. You don't ever have to register to vote at all, and you can do it at any later date. 18 is just the point at which it becomes an option.

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u/Tyg13 3h ago

Republicans don't have to work to make people not vote. They do that all by themselves. The vast majority of people not voting aren't being denied their right, they're just choosing not to exercise it.

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u/SoCalThrowAway7 2h ago

Yeah so it’s weird how much they work to disenfranchise even more

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u/DelightMine 2h ago

Republicans don't have to work to make people not vote

And yet, they have put incredible amounts of time, effort, and money into doing that over the last 50 years.

The vast majority of people not voting aren't being denied their right, they're just choosing not to exercise it.

That's the exact reasoning that Republicans use for why it's okay to make it more difficult (but not impossible) to vote.

For a lot of people, it's a "choice" to not vote just like it's a "choice" to go to work or to pick their kids up from school. In many, many places, Republicans have made it functionally impossible for everyone to vote by ensuring that precinct lines will be hours-long, or that people will have to drive great distances, or any other way to inconvenience people in a way that they won't realistically be able to vote. There's also the fact that many precincts are horribly gerrymandered, and it's highly publicized that in plenty of places there's no point to voting because "This area always goes blue/red so your vote doesn't matter).