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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWould Automatic Voter Registration, like in Oregon and California, Doom the Republican Party?
Oregon and California have now made voter registration automatic. Your state is 100% capable of easily taking the same step. With automatic registration for voting an opt-out option instead of jump through hoops to register, as required in many states nobody is required to vote or even be registered. Rather, a government that already knows who we are through motor vehicle and other departments simply allows us to vote. (And the DMV in many states requires stricter proof of identity and citizenship than does traditional registration; and traditional registration remains available.)
Would this make a huge difference? I think so.
To find out more and send a note to your representative:
https://defeatgop.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/act-now-automatic-voter-registration-would-destroy-republican-party/
BTW - This is NOT a discussion about the Democratic Primaries
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)and that's probably precisely the reason the GOP fights so hard against it. But it looks like they are starting to eat their own at this point, so...
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Yes, CA will see about 2 million extra voters, will they show up to vote? What would make a larger difference in my opinion is mail in voting, exclusively.
Also reforms that enfranchise and empower the voters would as well.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)Zambero
(8,965 posts)In which case they would hopefully (although many would not) vote to represent their best interests. Hard to predict whether or not outcomes would change.
TexasProgresive
(12,158 posts)They are nothing be a regression to the days of Poll Taxes.