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Flying Squirrel

(3,041 posts) Sat Oct 26, 2013, 10:13 PM Oct 2013

I friggin' LOVE my state (WA) - my 18 yo daughter is registered to vote and didn't even know it [View all]

She texted me, asking why she had just gotten a voting pamphlet in the mail.

I said, "Probably because you just got a Washington State ID card."

Who knows how long she might have put it off... now she'll get a ballot in the mail. Knowing her, she'll probably sit down with the voting pamphlet, carefully go over everything, fill out the ballot and send it in.

Contrast this with other states that are doing their level best to discourage turnout, make it difficult to vote, or out-and-out disenfranchise likely Democratic voters.

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I friggin' LOVE my state (WA) - my 18 yo daughter is registered to vote and didn't even know it [View all] Flying Squirrel Oct 2013 OP

Living in GA, that IS a big contrast. GaYellowDawg Oct 2013 #1

I have always felt that voting eligability should be an opt-out arrangement. arcane1 Oct 2013 #2

Love it, too! Kath1 Oct 2013 #3

Oh, I'm sure she will. Flying Squirrel Oct 2013 #6

Excellent! Kath1 Oct 2013 #14

I grew up in WA, and miss it. It's a really great place. Zorra Oct 2013 #4

Yes I love living in Washington State gopiscrap Oct 2013 #5

Vote by mail is the way to go for voter participation jrandom421 Oct 2013 #7

Oregon votes by mail as well, we set turnout records in 2010 and yet I hear daily on DU that Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #13

I love our state like no other. Aristus Oct 2013 #17

That's why I use my county's drop boxes strategery blunder Oct 2013 #18

Oh, I like that idea! PotatoChip Oct 2013 #8

Yep, it's connected to the Dept of Motor Vehicles, called 'motor voter law'. n/t Flying Squirrel Oct 2013 #10

Now THAT is true freedom, Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #9

wonderful! fizzgig Oct 2013 #11

Socialism! IronLionZion Oct 2013 #12

That's my main complaint with WA... Flying Squirrel Oct 2013 #15

And vote by mail too. No polling places. No lines. nolabear Oct 2013 #16