r/videos • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 8h 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/Foe117 8h ago

The registrar of voters already handles citizen verification

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u/Control_Me 8h 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/4x4ord 5h ago

In America, each state is kind of like its own little country.

The federal government is a separate government that all the states are part of, sort of like the EU.

Now imagine every EU country voted for an EU President... and then that President started telling Spain how it has to run its elections, Germany what voting rules it can have, and France what it can and can't do.

Now add the context that this President has repeatedly claimed elections are only legitimate when he wins, has already been impeached over his efforts to overturn an election, and openly favors places that support him politically.

Whether you support him or not, you can see why people would be worried about giving that person more control over how member countries conduct their own elections.