Posted on Jul 6, 2016
Registering Voters at the DMV: What Could Go Wrong?
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I recently registered to vote in Georgia at the DMV when I got my license. This was not automatic and I had to request voter registration. Is automatic voter registration at the DMV a good thing or does it allow ineligible people a backdoor way to registration to vote?
Registering Voters at the DMV: What Could Go Wrong?
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Voting
Politics
Elections
Election 2016
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See nothing wrong with this and it's actually a timesaver IMO. You already have to produce proof of citizenship when you get your drivers license (at least you do in Florida) along with proof of residence so everything you need to register to vote is already in the hands of officials. A couple of extra questions and marking of boxes in the State database has you registered to vote without having to gather all the documentation again and go someplace else to wait in line. When my grandson got his first drivers license he was asked if he wanted to register to vote when he turned 18. He said yes, told them what party affiliation he wanted and that was it. Sure enough, shortly after his 18th birthday he received his first Voter Identification Card. Can't imagine a more efficient use of information if a state requires the same data for getting a drivers license as they do to register to vote.
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An already slow and painful process trying to get a drivers license compounded by trying to register voters? No way this could backfire.
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So.......as your vote doesn't count (unless you're an electoral voter)...........you're worried that another countless vote could sneak in?
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CW5 Andrew J. Foreman
Your vote does count because it elects the electoral delegate to casts the votes for the Presidential nominee that wins your state. Often people fail to understand the Presidential elections are state elections for the entire state for one candidate. Basically a Presidential nominee is running 50+ (DC and territories) elections, not one for the entire country. This is why I vote in the state I live, to take part in the state elections for federal officials.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
CW5 Andrew J. Foreman - But (and this is the million dollar question) - is there a law mandating that the electoral voter VOTE exactly the way you've just outlined? Because there are three elections in U.S. history where the winner of the popular vote DID NOT win the white house.
So while its a good "theory", it has been different in practice.
So while its a good "theory", it has been different in practice.
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