California Senate OKs automatic voter registration plan
Source: latimes.com By Patrick McGreevy
In response to the record-low turnout in the last election, the state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would automatically register to vote any eligible Californian who gets a driver’s license unless they opt out.
The measure was prompted by the 42% turnout in the November election, as well as the turnout for March election in Los Angeles, in which only about 10% of eligible voters went to the polls.
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Nearly 7 million Californians, mostly young people, are eligible but not registered to vote. In an effort to boost the number, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced a bill modeled on a new law in Oregon to get more people to the polls.
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-senate-voter-registration-drivers-licenses-20150910-story.html
Oregonicate California!
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What about a state ID, which you also get at the DMV? Without that, tons of people with disabilities will not be registered. 
The only way I'm ever leaving is, well, never.
