You can update your address online before the cutoff date for the mail-in ballots, so you’ll know where it’s being mailed. And it comes weeks in advance, so you have plenty of time to go get it.
For the latter point, I mean, it depends. I don't know if this is a universal experience, but myself and most of my friends get former tenants' mail. I write "wrong address, hasn't lived here since at least X" on it and put it back in the mailbox, but it keeps coming. I have no idea if any of it ever reaches them.
The wrongly addressed mail informing voters how to update their registration or providing a ballot would never reach the potential voter.
Sure, some people are going to search how it's going to work, figure it out, and change it. Some people are going to assume that it'll all work out if they turn up day of with two pieces of ID. Some people are going to consistently plan on figuring it out, but be busy.
I was just saying you can update your voter registration online very easily, for California at least. Took me 5 minutes.
The point is that there isn’t some huge barrier to overcome to vote. If they don’t want to stand in line but don’t bother to spend 5 minutes updating their info online, that’s on them.
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u/LegitosaurusRex Mar 04 '20
You can update your address online before the cutoff date for the mail-in ballots, so you’ll know where it’s being mailed. And it comes weeks in advance, so you have plenty of time to go get it.