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Maybe also remove the need for voter's registration? In other words, everyone eligible to vote should be automatically registered...

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Come to think of it, when you're issued a state ID/driver's licence, that should also be considered your registration to vote, provided you've reached voting age.

That should eliminate another thing you need to register for.

> Come to think of it, when you're issued a state ID/driver's licence, that should also be considered your registration to vote, provided you've reached voting age.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Voter_Registration_Ac...

"Section 5 requires state motor vehicle offices to provide voter registration opportunities to anyone applying for a new or renewed driver's license or state identification card."

Not the same thing.

My idea is this: When you're get a state issued ID, no need to fill out another form. You ID may be tagged with something that lets officials know whether you're a citizen or not.

And you shouldn't have to declare a party, or at least forced to.

In NC when you get an ID or a license it is mandatory for them to ask 2 questions: would you like to register to vote? Register for which party? Unfortunately how the party system works, you can't just merely auto register to vote...as we seen this year in the democratic primaries you must register as a democratic in order to vote democratic in their primary.

That's a closed primary, but not all states have them.

That is another thing Oregon just did, they call it the "motor voter" law. Do your business at the DMV, you're automatically registered to vote.

Of course the usual suspects came out to decry how this'll let more poors and minorities vote, but then, don't they always come up with reasons why those people shouldn't vote?

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