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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Nice. New Mexico was already making it very easy to vote.
Wed Jun 16, 2021, 10:33 AM
Jun 2021

Lots of early voting. Vote at any polling place in your county. Tell them who you are, maybe your birthdate or address, and they print up your ballot on the spot. Fill it out, then hand it to a poll worker who scans it to see if you've under or over voted any place on the ballot, and you're good to go. Easy peasy.

Oh, and at least in a presidential year, if a voter is a new voter, that gets announced and everyone in the building cheers the new voter. Every time I've seen that happen they're kids, and they're a bit embarrassed but pleased at the attention.

So glad they're now doing same day registration.

Actually registering to vote can seem intimidating to someone who has never done it. Same day should take a lot of the apprehension out of it.

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