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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. smorrebrod · · focus · HN ↗
      > so alien to my European brain

      Voter registration is mandatory in France.

      1. agos · · focus · HN ↗
        do people regularly get purged from voting registries in France?
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