Like A Duck@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-squaremessage-square526fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down126
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minus-squareNurgle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s since the elections are state run, so there’s no central db. Once you register though your electoral experience is a state by state crapshoot. Some will make you stand in line for hours forcing you to miss work, others do mail-in ballots with early voting which is kind of awesome.
minus-squarekraftpudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWild idea, states should have a central database of the people permanently living there. The fact that they don’t seem to have one is baffling to me.
It’s since the elections are state run, so there’s no central db. Once you register though your electoral experience is a state by state crapshoot.
Some will make you stand in line for hours forcing you to miss work, others do mail-in ballots with early voting which is kind of awesome.
Wild idea, states should have a central database of the people permanently living there. The fact that they don’t seem to have one is baffling to me.