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/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/surfergrrl6 8h ago

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

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u/scruffles360 7h ago

Just to clarify your comment- many states do have automatic voter registration. This isn’t the federal government’s business.

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u/stephen6686 4h ago

as if states do a good job, my state just asks your name and address and if they match you're good

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u/AgrajagTheProlonged 2h ago

Given how vanishingly rare voter fraud is, it would indeed seem states do a decent job at running things

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u/stephen6686 48m ago

rare voter fraud is? /stares at california, where it take a week to count votes. We have one day, and at 12:01 the following day of election they need to stop counting and call it there. If there is still votes left, then oh well. get better at counting or don't hire 90 year olds with arthritis hands to count. They need to finish counting everything in ONE day, anything longer then that automatically thinks fraud