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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
This is required by federal law Gothmog Nov 2020 #3
That's what I thought. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #4
Texas is just now starting to comply with this law Gothmog Nov 2020 #5
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
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 02:26 PM
Nov 2020

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?
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 02:29 PM
Nov 2020

I realize not everyone drives, but still.

Gothmog

(144,939 posts)
3. This is required by federal law
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:55 PM
Nov 2020

The TCRP had to sue to enforce this right and now in theory this is being doen

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
6. Dear lord. Hasn't that law been in effect for a couple of decades now?
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:24 PM
Nov 2020

Yet another reason not to live in Texas.

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