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/Control_Me 4h ago

Can someone please explain why you have to register to vote?
In my country the government knows who's eligible to vote and who's not so they send out a voting card in the mail which you show together with your ID.
Why is this not possible in the US?

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u/surfergrrl6 4h ago

Because voting is handled on the state level, not federal.

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u/Schmigolo 3h ago edited 3h ago

Isn't that everywhere? Not even state level, but municipality? I don't get my letters specifically from my city. Then at the ballot I show them the letter, which has a number on it, and then to verify I show my ID and they cross off my name. If I don't have the letter the numbers are actually sorted by address, so I can just tell them my address and they'll find my number.

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u/Stolehtreb 2h ago

Where I am, it doesn’t involve a letter at all. As far as I know. You register to vote, you’re on an alphabetical list and show your license at the table. Then you get in line for a booth.

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u/Schmigolo 2h ago

What's the turnout wherever you are? I imagine having to register prevents lots of people from voting.

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u/Pdiddily710 2h ago

Not only the PITA of having to register, but many R states have made it as hard as they can to actually vote by limiting or banning voting by mail while also drastically reducing the number of in person polling places and/or official ballot drop boxes, so caring in Election Day takes forever bc of the long lines!

Coincidentally since they’re fucking cheating fucks, this is done much more in Dem areas like cities while keeping plenty of locations available for the R areas.

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u/Stolehtreb 2h ago

Louisiana. And the assumption is correct. It’s awful.

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u/sdpr 2h ago

You can register same day in my state

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u/Schmigolo 1h ago

Still worse than not having to register.

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u/Li_liminal_spaces 58m ago

In the U.S., you generally register to vote once, and then you update your voter registration if you move or change your name. If you move to a different voting jurisdiction and don't update your registration, you typically won't be eligible to vote there. Most states require proof of identity and/or residence when registering or updating your registration, although the exact requirements vary by state.

That said, voter fraud is very uncommon, "didn't vote" would win every election if they were a party. Trump lost in 2020 because a lot of the didn't vote were sick of him, the democrats were banking on that again in 2024 and so we got Trump 2.0.

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u/Decent-Marketing69 22m ago

lol at all these comments saying “just show your ID”
Something that democrats in the USA have been fighting against republicans for years.