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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic Gov. Kate Brown Signs Historic 'Automatic Voter Registration' In Oregon - GOP No Likey
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/03/1408223/-Oregon-Governor-Kate-Brown-Passes-Historic-Voting-Law-Automatic-Voter-RegistrationIn front of a packed and cheering audience Monday, Gov. Kate Brown signed a first-in-the-nation bill to automatically register all eligible Oregonians to vote when they obtain or renew a drivers license or state identification card.
Those who are registered through the new process will be notified by mail and will be given three weeks to take themselves off the voting rolls. If they do not opt out, the secretary of states office will mail them a ballot automatically 20 days before any election.
The former Oregon Secretary of State and Democrat, Governor Kate Brown, took office last month and has been a staunch advocate for voting rights and easy access to the ballot box. HB 2177 is proof and the bill will undoubtedly lead to higher voter participation. And isn't that what Americans want? Myrna Perez, director of the Voting Rights and Elections Project at the Brennan Center for Justice, calls the new law 'groundbreaking.'
Oregon takes it further than any other state by putting the burden on the government, said Perez, whose organization is part of New York University School of Law. Instead of asking voters, Do you want to register to vote? they ask voters, Do you not want to vote?
La Ganga's entire story is a very good read. I'll add one more newsworthy tidbit from her piece here: HB 2177 passed in both chambers of the state Legislature without a single Republican vote in its favor.
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Democratic Gov. Kate Brown Signs Historic 'Automatic Voter Registration' In Oregon - GOP No Likey (Original Post)
eridani
Aug 2015
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LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)1. Presidential elections are going to be
like American Idol one day. That's if we're lucky.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)2. "Do you not want to vote?"
Excellent line.
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)3. The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races
Of course, the GOP does not like making it easier for people to vote