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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Automatic Voter Registration Goes Beyond the DMV

The most recent states to adopt the practice are expanding it to agencies that serve disenfranchised populations, including the poor and disabled.

New Jersey on Tuesday became the 12th state, plus the District of Columbia, to enact an automatic voter registration law, which is intended to increase participation in elections.

While automatic voter registration (AVR) is itself a new trend -- first adopted in Oregon in 2015 -- New Jersey's law represents a new twist: It allows the practice to extend beyond the DMV.

Automatic voter registration typically happens when people apply for or renew a driver's license. But four of the last five laws of this kind either require or open the door for people to be automatically registered to vote when they interact with government in other ways.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Opening the doors to more VOTER FRAUD. No surprise here... They know illegal voters will be voting for Democrats. Just like the idiots in DC wanting to allow indoctrinated 16 years and 17-year-olds to vote.

In states where they want to raise the age to 21 to buy guns, then the age to vote should go to 21 as well.

Anonymous said...

It has already come to Maryland... http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-automatic-voter-registration-20180328-story.html

Anonymous said...

I can see the facist state of maryland going into prisons to register.

Anonymous said...

Any time you interact with a Md. state employee, they ask if you would like to register to vote. SNAP, Medicaid recipients all get registered through the welfare office.