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Texas needs online voter registraton or automatic voter registration (Original Post)
Gothmog
Nov 2020
OP
Not to look at everything negative, I mean I certainly have the last 4 years
jimfields33
Nov 2020
#1
Don't all states allow you to register when you get or renew a driver's license?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Nov 2020
#2
Dear lord. Hasn't that law been in effect for a couple of decades now?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Nov 2020
#6
jimfields33
(15,703 posts)1. Not to look at everything negative, I mean I certainly have the last 4 years
But only two percent in Georgia are not registered? That means that majority of voters already are registered and most likely voted. I guess getting the extra two percent by December 7th is easier. I just thought we had a bigger bench to get.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)2. Don't all states allow you to register when you get or renew a driver's license?
I realize not everyone drives, but still.
Gothmog
(144,939 posts)3. This is required by federal law
The TCRP had to sue to enforce this right and now in theory this is being doen
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)4. That's what I thought.
Gothmog
(144,939 posts)5. Texas is just now starting to comply with this law
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)6. Dear lord. Hasn't that law been in effect for a couple of decades now?
Yet another reason not to live in Texas.