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1. agos · 1790263045 · 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. bitmasher9 · 1790264791 · focus · HN ↗

      American Democracy started from a place of very strict voter requirements (white, male, adult, landowner) and is trending towards fewer voter requirements.

      The registration process is mostly a legacy system to ensure only qualified individuals vote, left over from a time when the bar was much higher.

      1. watwut · 1790319286 · focus · HN ↗

         The "male" bar is not "higher bar". It is just a suppression of rights of half the population. Sake with white.

         And frankly, similat to "landowner". You arw simply biasing it toward slaveowners and their class.

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