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Unknown number of Texas voter registrations went unprocessed due to DPS error

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  1. agos · · focus · HN ↗
    the entire concept of "voter registration" (and associated shenanigans) is so alien to my European brain that I fail to see any reason why the richest country in the world does things this way other than voter suppression. What am I missing?
    1. the_doctah · · focus · HN ↗

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      1. gyesxnuibh · · focus · HN ↗
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        1. yieldcrv · · focus · HN ↗
          one party says its rampant and cant prove it, they think the other party relies on non-citizens voting

          the other party says its not rampant per say and resists all capability to prove it, because they think the solutions to proving legal voter status would be difficult for their citizen voters to accomplish

          amusingly, the limited audits done always find improper votes for the first party, although nothing rampant

          ironically, Commonwealth and European countries all have the voter status proving requirement that the first party is asking for, despite this being seen as an extremist right wing idea to be distanced from

          in the US, it is accurate that any voter registration tweak has been used to decline legal voters ability to vote so the left - despite being more congruent ideals with the rest of the developed world - does have unique considerations and skepticism

          did I miss anything?

          1. someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
            The Commonwealth and European countries make it easy to prove voting eligibility though. That's why it's not a crazy idea there. In the US every single time it's tried there end up being crazy manipulative requirements. E.g. gun permit (no photo) being a valid voter ID but student ID (with photo) not, because they want gun owners to vote more (as they vote republican) and students less (as they vote democrat), and of course there's no universal ID card like in European countries.
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