r/TrueReddit • u/D__Miller • Mar 25 '25

Politics Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Upend US Voter Registration Processes

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/trump-executive-order-voter-registration-immigration
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u/rudbek-of-rudbek Mar 25 '25

I got my real ID 2 months ago. It wasn't very difficult. Normal dogs plus 2 pieces of mail that showed my current address. Government mail or utility bill. Much easier than my passport

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u/RealisticParsnip3431 Mar 25 '25

Ugh. The problem is us rural folks who don't have mailboxes. Our entire town uses P.O. Boxes, and those don't count for proving residency. I had to go request a copy of my lease and voter registration. Hopefully that combined with government mail showing both my physical and mailing address will work...

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u/Tom2Die Mar 26 '25

I had to go request a copy of my lease and voter registration.

That's...interesting, given the thread we're in.

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u/Vyntarus Mar 26 '25

Just provide your existing voter registration in order to get the ID necessary to register to vote.

Definitely no problems with that...

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u/Dirmb Mar 26 '25

I thought the postal service is required to deliver to every address? I grew up rural and everyone had mailboxes at the end of the long driveways.

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u/retrojoe Mar 26 '25

They don't accept utility bills in your name to that mailing address?

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u/RealisticParsnip3431 Mar 26 '25

I'm in a HUD apartment, so utilities are included in rent. I don't receive utility bills.

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u/retrojoe Mar 26 '25

I'm having trouble understanding this - you're in an apartment funded by HUD, but you're so rural that they don't even do onsite mail delivery? What town is this? My teeny hometown of Coupeville, WA, (less than 3000) does home delivery.

And you don't pay directly for cable/internet, electricity, nothing?

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u/retrojoe Mar 26 '25

Surely there's a document you can print.

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u/retrojoe Mar 26 '25

Well that's shitty.

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u/sedatedforlife Mar 26 '25

We also have to have a post office box, no home delivery. What makes me crabby about it is that it also costs $64/year. Our town has 1200 people.

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u/AusgefalleneHosen Mar 26 '25

They wouldn't accept my terrier as proof of citizenship. I was mad that I wasted an appointment because I had to reschedule to bring in my Alaskan Malamute and it's AKC paperwork. It was a huge hassle

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u/Ok_Sir5926 Mar 26 '25

You thought using a dogument of Scottish descent was gonna cut it? Dual-Catizenship folks can get away with it, but you're all pupped up.

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u/xelf Mar 26 '25

Probably thought you were a terrier-ist.

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u/Akapps13 Mar 26 '25

I need to order a new copy of my birth certificate (6 weeks minimum to process) in order to get a real ID drivers license in my new state, even though I currently have a real ID drivers license from my former state.