Current Events > If you fail to vote in two general elections, your registration will be canceled

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Has that always been a thing? Also, it's saying I'm no longer at my previous address... But that is my current address and has been for years. Just weird.

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Seems like the sort of thing you see in conservative states.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Seems like the sort of thing you see in conservative states.

Right? I'm in IL, though. Firmly blue (in Chicago)

Just another way to disenfranchise voters.

Joke users insist that losing your right to vote because you haven't exercised it in a while is perfectly fine.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Seems like the sort of thing you see in conservative states.

I don't know what criteria they use to purge the voter registration rolls in red states but "not voting for over 5 years after a notice" seems pretty harmless. You can register to vote online in Illinois, it appears to take like 20 minutes.

BewmHedshot posted...

I don't know what criteria they use to purge the voter registration rolls in red states but "not voting for over 5 years after a notice" seems pretty harmless. You can register to vote online in Illinois, it appears to take like 20 minutes.

o.0

We need to kill the concept of voter registration immediately.

BewmHedshot posted...

I don't know what criteria they use to purge the voter registration rolls in red states but "not voting for over 5 years after a notice" seems pretty harmless. You can register to vote online in Illinois, it appears to take like 20 minutes.

It takes like ten seconds. That isn't the point. At all.

Umbreon posted...

Just another way to disenfranchise voters.

Joke users insist that losing your right to vote because you haven't exercised it in a while is perfectly fine.

There has to be some maintenance done on voter rolls.

My sister hasnt lived in my state (Washington) for over twenty years, has told them she doesnt live in the state, has voted in a different state for twenty years, and my parents still get her ballot every election (we are an all mail in voting state).

BewmHedshot posted...

I don't know what criteria they use to purge the voter registration rolls in red states but "not voting for over 5 years after a notice" seems pretty harmless. You can register to vote online in Illinois, it appears to take like 20 minutes.

Only criteria should be 'You died', 'You're no longer an American citizen' or, 'You are guilty of something SUPER fucking bad like conspiracy against the United States'.

Edit: Or you moved elsewhere. But you would still be registered to vote in your current residence.

Anything else is just an excuse the right uses to hurt voters. What's stopping them from 'accidentally' forgetting to give a notice to someone who didn't vote the previous election?

Cartoon_Quoter posted...

We need to kill the concept of voter registration immediately.

Honestly though, this.

Once you turn 18, you should automatically be registered to vote. That shouldn't expire for merely not voting in a while.

You can die for your country at 18 but they want to play games with your ability to vote.

This is so stupid.

Yeah that's bullshit

Umbreon posted...

Anything else is just an excuse the right uses to hurt voters. What's stopping them from 'accidentally' forgetting to give a notice to someone who didn't vote the previous election?

I 100% expect this to be their plan. They "accidentally" forget to notify someone that their registration was cancelled. So that person misses the deadline to get their mail in ballot and are forced to go vote in person.

NoxObscuras posted...

Yeah that's bullshit

I 100% expect this to be their plan. They "accidentally" forget to notify someone that their registration was cancelled. So that person misses the deadline to get their mail in ballot and are forced to go vote in person.

Who is this "they" you're scared of?

BewmHedshot posted...

Who is this "they" you're scared of?

Republican politicians, presumably.

Umbreon posted...

Republican politicians, presumably.

In Chicago?

Umbreon posted...

Honestly though, this.

Once you turn 18, you should automatically be registered to vote. That shouldn't expire for merely not voting in a while.

You can die for your country at 18 but they want to play games with your ability to vote.

At 18, as a guy I was already required to register for Selective Service. That alone should be all I have to do, literally for the rest of my life.

BewmHedshot posted...

Who is this "they" you're scared of?

It just seems like something sneaky that republicans would put into laws. And I know the previous governor of Illinois was a Republican that was concerned about voter fraud.

But if this doesn't end up being anything nefarious, then great. It's just hard not to be wary of this stuff these days with the Maga crowd trying to disenfranchise voters.

NoxObscuras posted...

It just seems like something sneaky that republicans would put into laws. And I know the previous governor of Illinois was a Republican that was concerned about voter fraud.

But if this doesn't end up being anything nefarious, then great. It's just hard not to be wary of this stuff these days with the Maga crowd trying to disenfranchise voters.

But also, I made the topic legitimately asking if this is a new thing, as I've never heard of it.

NoxObscuras posted...

Republican that was concerned about voter fraud.

"Concerned" is probably more apt.

Umbreon posted...

You can die for your country at 18 but they want to play games with your ability to vote.

But here are all the reasons why those extra hoops aren't really all that bad. /s

They cancelled my voter registration over an "invalid mailing address"; an issue I had already resolved months prior yet the voter database somehow didn't get the memo

managed to get it fixed right before the primaries

I voted for Johnson and jorgenson so I'm good.

SauI_Goodman posted...

I voted for Johnson and jorgenson so I'm good.

the struggle of going far out of my way to make sure that my throwaway votes are counted

FL81 posted...

the struggle of going far out of my way to make sure that my throwaway votes are counted

Lol at going in person to vote.

Cartoon_Quoter posted...

We need to kill the concept of voter registration immediately.

Maybe they're avoiding a scenario where someone votes in more than one state due to the lack of residency documentation? I agree that there are ways to avoid that without registration though.