Vestiges of a racist past

The biggest issue related to the mechanics of the election was voter registration. That includes cries of registration fraud and attempts at voter suppression by claiming registration forms must exactly match other state records. So why bother with registration? That question is answered by Robyn Blumner of the Hartford Courant. Our current system is outmoded, varies from state to state, and contains vestiges of our racist past (we need a way to prevent those people from voting). Let's follow the lead of 24 other countries and automatically register everyone. If the government can track down every male of age 18 to tell them to register for military draft, it can automatically register everyone to vote. We still have 64 million unregistered voters.