What's considered a bad turnout in France would be monumentally huge for us.

There are counties in California that were this high as well.

But no, most of the country are too lazy to make the effort.

I think we need a voting campaign that has some tag line about, how easy it is to vote.

We almost always have the highest turnout rate in the country. I don't understand why it isn't the same elsewhere.

Minnesota makes it easy to vote. Polling stations abound, mail-in ballots, same-day registration.
The republicans are working hard to change it. Gawd forbid Minnesota is to have a good voter turnout. They have passed a bill to eliminate some polling places is one thing I know of. They want to pass a bill eliminating same-day registration. I swear, repuks are not Americans and they want nothing to do with democracy. I really don't like them.

on the grounds of "voter fraud," which is nonexistent. What they really want to do is make it harder for minority populations, the poor, and young people to vote because those groups tend not to vote Republican. The former SoS, Kiffmeyer, tried a few years ago to make it harder for Native Americans to vote by attempting to make tribal IDs invalid for voter registration. IIRC, the courts shot that down.

I hate these people.

We don't have same-day registration but registration is online and easy to do. I've been a poll worker here several times and at peak time when people are leaving work our lines maybe ten minutes long.

I particularly encourage other states to look into making voting by mail easier (ie not needing a reason to vote absentee.) It's cheaper to administer, mail voters have higher turnout, and as a voter it's really nice to be able to sit down with a cup of coffee at your computer and look things up as you go, especially for smaller, more obscure offices and the innumerable initiatives on any CA ballot.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I've been voting by mail for years now and it's so easy!

I get my ballot well in advance of election day, and love being able to take my time and look up pertinent information as I go. Sites like OnTheIssues, Ballotpedia, VoteSmart, and ProPublica Represent are chock full of solid information on every candidate and issue.

At least to make sure they're not a member of some batshit religious sect and that the women in their family pictures aren't dressed like handmaids.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'm adding it to my arsenal.

Trump?

Here's the quote:

"Independent centrist Macron has defeated Marine Le Pen by 65.1% to 34.9% according to French state television estimates, as counting continues".

That's what we call a BEAT DOWN. Sweet ...

this emphatic rejection of "the rough beast." And for acting on the warning of what happened in the U.S.