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You know, this is not unfair.
So I was under the impression that my voter registration in Texas was in good standing, as I've voted in every election for the past 6 years living at the same address. I received a letter from the county Voter Registrar saying that my registration was in question because my current residence is different from the one on my registration card. I have not moved, my address has not changed, and I renewed my DL using that same address 2 months prior. After angrily contacting them to find out WTF happened, I found out that they tried to mail my latest voter registration card and it came back as undeliverable. So through zero fault of my own I had to mail in a form by a 30 day deadline (at this point, less than 10 business days) to verify what they already knew. I will have to keep checking my status assuming that this can happen again, and if it's too close to an election, I'm screwed.
And this is why the USPS cannot be allowed to be privatized. You know as soon as that happens they'll start doing blatant partisan bullshit like not delivering reliably to certain areas just to get that sort of response.
I was checking my registration every few days leading up to the 2024 election, Texas as well. Luckily nothing happened but I know they pull shit like this.
I gave $5 to the TX GOP like 20 years ago and gave them my email address (I still get emails to this day as well as Republican mailers, but never Democrat ones). I feel like that's slightly insulated me from their bullshit.
If the process in this Tennessee county is as described in the article, it's not unfair. Playing fuck around with voter registrations that have no issues is something else entirely.
Or just codify the right to vote so it can't be argued. Then make a list that says birthday, state, deathday. When you are born you are registered to vote automatically and it goes into effect at 18. The drop down for state can only be changed to another state and whomever changes it is liable for voter fraud if they cannot prove it was filed by the person by submitting a proof of residence change. Then the states have their own crap for primaries and junk if they want, but the right to vote federally is only decided by you being of age. Show up in the wrong state to vote federally, mark them as having voted, show up in another state to vote again, arrest for voter fraud, and conduct an investigation.
Codifying it would also force states to make similar laws, and hopefully abandon the whole party registration crap. Ballot with candidates, vote for one, or ranked choice.. whatever the state wants, but you walk in and vote. Show up in wrong state with proof of residence, vote then and there, update state in database. Investigation if a voter partakes in 2 states votes.
There are many different voting districts, each one depending on where you live, and they overlap and don't in all sorts of ways. It's not just "what state do you live in".
All of that is for the state. The federal government shouldn't care at all about who's voting in those. The states would have their database that puts the residents with their proper sheriff's vote and mosquitoes commissioner. (Also just residence based)
The US federal government does not operate elections. States do, and they all do it a little differently. However, so far as I am aware, each state only requires you to register once, and applies all the different districts from your address. Even so, US House districts also depend on your address within a state; those are not statewide offices.
My man, you are not comprehending the words that I said. If you want to stand up and defend fascism by means that is your choice. But what was being talked about here were better options.
Let me ask you 1 question: do you believe the United States should enact the right to vote?
He's not "defend[ing] fascism;" he's explaining to you how voting works. The government does actually have a legitimate need to know which Congressional district you're in when you're voting for your Congressional rep! That applies with the state administering elections as it does now, and it would still need to apply in your hypothetical scenario where the Federal government administered elections for Federal office.
So you are saying the federal government draws up which congressional representative lines within the states? Last I knew that was unconstitutional and NOT happening in any state. The only instances we have seen is rejections by the federal government for racial bias when redrawing of such maps. Again, those are made by the states.
But that doesn't allow for manipulation or discrimination!