TRUMPS AUTOMATIC Registration for Military Draft

@ElwoodBlues so true so funny .. trump wants one and not the other is how..

@ElwoodBlues As a Canadian, I am not sure how Americans register to vote. In Canada, when you file your income tax return, there is the option to add yourself to the voters list.

@chrisCA Registration rules depend on the state. Rules for NY state are here:
https://elections.ny.gov/voter-registration-process

A federal standard called "Real ID" tightened the requirements for obtaining a driver's license in every state. It shows lawful presence in most states, citizenship in a few.

Republicans recently tried to pass a law called the "SAVE Act" with much much stiffer requirements to register to vote. In particular, Real ID isn't acceptable.

What's happening here is republicans are trying their hardest to keep people, especially the poor, from registering to vote.

@chrisCA Varies by state. In California, you go to the Registrar's office, provide ID (usually a driver's license is sufficient), and evidence of residence for local elections (usually utility bills sent to you with the address of residency). After that it becomes pretty much an online update on change of address, etc. Voting in person requires you to sign in next to your name in the Registrar's roll for that precinct. That's all that I recall; it has been decades since I voted in person. The mail-in option always has been available to the military, those absent for other reasons, the elderly and infirm. It was expanded to anyone who wanted it during the pandemic, along with adding the option of locked drop-by boxes at public offices such as courthouses and libraries. In those cases the envelope (not the ballot itself) must be signed (or signed and witnessed by someone else in the case of inability) for comparison tot he electoral rolls.