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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 181 points 1 year ago

In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Shapiro said everyone who goes to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get a new or renewed driver’s license will be automatically registered to vote, unless the individual chooses to opt out.

That’s not quite automatic, but still a great step

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's like that in other states. You get or renew your license/ID and part of that form is voting registration.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

The main difference is opt in vs opt out. Still not the same as automatic registration

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Why would you opt in every time? I've renewed my license twice and nothing changed about my voting info. There's a lot of other government forms that have voting registration on them too.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You only opt in once

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

In Canada, there's a box you can tick on your taxes to pass along your info to Elections Canada. Not sure how hard this would be to implement as well.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

The trick is getting the fourth line to connect with the first line

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I don't follow. What do you mean by "fourth line" and "first line"?

[-] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They were being a wiseass about literally adding a box to the form rather than the work it would take to include voter registration in the process.

[-] vivadanang@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

goddamn we've been trying to get motor voter legislation for 30+ years.... and the conservatives know more voters is their death knell so they've fought it tooth and nail everywhere. GOOD ON PA.

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