Is automatic voter registration Unconstitutional?

[surada]

From our former POTUS...

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Trump is an ignorant ass. Look at the requirements for voter registration in any state.

His stupidity is appalling.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I don't know if it is unconstitutional but then again the right to vote exists for all American citizens so the idea that you have to register might be unconstitutional.

The state needs to know where you will vote and what local elections are eligible to vote in

 

[Blues Man]

The state needs to know where you will vote and what local elections are eligible to vote in

But do they need to know BEFORE you vote or merely just after you voted so you cannot vote twice?

 

[1srelluc]

Or was I making that very point in a more subtle way?

You should have spit it out and not left yourself open for misinterpretation.

 

[Blues Man]

You should have spit it out and not left yourself open for misinterpretation.

Being blunt is boring

 

[1srelluc]

Being blunt is boring

Fair enough.....I had a good time.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

But do they need to know BEFORE you vote or merely just after you voted so you cannot vote twice?

Before

 

[Harpy Eagle]

There shouldn't be "voter registration" in the United States.

Bear with me here...

Citizen data should be integrated between:

• State Department of Vital Statistics (births, deaths, etc.)
• Federal Department of State (Naturalizations)
• State and Federal Courts (disenfranchizement due to felony conviction or determination of mental incompetance)
• State Departments of State (restoration of franchise after felony removal)

We, as a government responsibility, should already know who are citizens and their voter eligibility.

The only need should be address changes.

WW

On a related note I feel the same way about filing taxes.

 

[Blues Man]

Before

I don't see why it has to be before

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I don't see why it has to be before

So that I do not go vote in a city election for a city where I do not live.

If you vote by mail/absentee the state needs to know which city/county ballot to send you.

 

[Blues Man]

So that I do not go vote in a city election for a city where I do not live.

If you vote by mail/absentee the state needs to know which city/county ballot to send you.

All you have to do is show your ID and they can tell you to leave.

And if you are getting an absentee ballot then the city government knows where you live so they can check when they get the ballot like they do now anyway.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And if you are getting an absentee ballot then the city government knows where you live so they can check when they get the ballot like they do now anyway.

They have to send you the correct ballot, or send you one for every township/city in the state so you have the right one.

Seems them knowing ahead of time is far simpler than them sending me 1000 different ballots and having me pick the right one

 

[Blues Man]

They have to send you the correct ballot, or send you one for every township/city in the state so you have the right one.

Seems them knowing ahead of time is far simpler than them sending me 1000 different ballots and having me pick the right one

The town already knows your address so they already have all the information needed to send you the correct ballot.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The town already knows your address so they already have all the information needed to send you the correct ballot.

The town does not send the ballot.

 

[Blues Man]

The town does not send the ballot.

So you still have to call the state board of elections and give them your home address don't you?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

So you still have to call the state board of elections and give them your home address don't you?

That is done when you register to vote.

Where I live after we moved last Oct we changed our drivers license address and at the same time updated our voter registration mailing address at the same time.

Simple and efficient way to do it.

 

[Burgermeister]

There shouldn't be "voter registration" in the United States.

Bear with me here...

Citizen data should be integrated between:

• State Department of Vital Statistics (births, deaths, etc.)
• Federal Department of State (Naturalizations)
• State and Federal Courts (disenfranchizement due to felony conviction or determination of mental incompetance)
• State Departments of State (restoration of franchise after felony removal)

We, as a government responsibility, should already know who are citizens and their voter eligibility.

The only need should be address changes.

WW

"We, as a government.."? No wonder you have this big brother vision for "citizen data".

 

[Blues Man]

That is done when you register to vote.

Where I live after we moved last Oct we changed our drivers license address and at the same time updated our voter registration mailing address at the same time.

Simple and efficient way to do it.

you have to request an absentee ballot when you request that ballot you have to give your home address

 

[Harpy Eagle]

you have to request an absentee ballot when you request that ballot you have to give your home address

I fail to see how this is a better system.

 

[AsherN]

There shouldn't be "voter registration" in the United States.

Bear with me here...

Citizen data should be integrated between:

• State Department of Vital Statistics (births, deaths, etc.)
• Federal Department of State (Naturalizations)
• State and Federal Courts (disenfranchizement due to felony conviction or determination of mental incompetance)
• State Departments of State (restoration of franchise after felony removal)

We, as a government responsibility, should already know who are citizens and their voter eligibility.

The only need should be address changes.

WW

Sorta the way it works in Canada, we have completely independent bodies that over see elections. Election Canada and Election<insert province name>. When I fill out my Federal income tax, I check a box that authorizes CRA to share my data with Election Canada. They in turn pass that info to Election Ontario. Municipal elections draw on the Election Ontario database. So unless I moved between filing my income tax and election day, I'm on the right rolls. Easy.