I love how everyone is starting to catch on that there's no magical event that removes people when they die or move out of state.
I used to live in NJ, 7 years ago. I'm still a registered voter there, and still receive sample ballots at my old address. There's absolutely nothing stopping me from showing up to vote if I want (not like they'll check my now out-of-state ID), nor is there anything stopping someone else from voting under my name.
I even went through the trouble of calling my old county and asked to be removed after the 2020 election. In a completely unsurprising turn of events, a sample ballot was again mailed to my old address for today's election.
I was getting voter information for a decade after I moved states. They even used the USPS to update my mailing address to my new location! I'm not aware of any way to un-register to vote, so I guess if I'd been willing to make the drive I could have voted twice in a day.
You already have a national ID. It is called your Social Security Number. The IRS is all about making sure they are getting tax from every individual. You even have to update your details with them once a year.
I love how everyone is starting to catch on that there's no magical event that removes people when they die or move out of state.
Everyone should have to re-register to vote every 2 years.
I used to live in NJ, 7 years ago. I'm still a registered voter there, and still receive sample ballots at my old address. There's absolutely nothing stopping me from showing up to vote if I want (not like they'll check my now out-of-state ID), nor is there anything stopping someone else from voting under my name.
I even went through the trouble of calling my old county and asked to be removed after the 2020 election. In a completely unsurprising turn of events, a sample ballot was again mailed to my old address for today's election.
I was getting voter information for a decade after I moved states. They even used the USPS to update my mailing address to my new location! I'm not aware of any way to un-register to vote, so I guess if I'd been willing to make the drive I could have voted twice in a day.
Drivers license or I.D renewal could cover that.
Yes. So could a national voter ID, but that's a slippery slope to other forms of national IDs.
You already have a national ID. It is called your Social Security Number. The IRS is all about making sure they are getting tax from every individual. You even have to update your details with them once a year.