I just found out that in the US if you shift states you have to register for voting again.

That's so bonkers, that information should be transferred shouldn't it? Or go to some sort of portal and check mark the state you're going to be residing in.

I really grapple with the realisation that the US is more a collection of countries than one whole country

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Lhayezee · 26-30, F

In the UK you are, basically, automatically registered once a year. I'm not sure what happens if there's an election in the meantime but I can't imagine it's more than an email or phone call to the office of the local returning officer who runs elections, which will send you a one-page form for you to return by post.

The US is way bigger in both people and land area and yes sure aspects of voting are part of state not federal government powers so that adds complexity, but you always get the impression that they don't want to make it easy for anyone to vote over there.