Voter Registration Systems

In the US you have to register to vote. That creates friction. In my country they send every adult citizen a ballot.

Doesn't Germany also follow a voter registration system ? With proof of identity ?

you can register anonymously: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-to-vote-...

there are places here that will let you vote for the president of the united states without requiring proof that you are a US citizen. what do you expect.

Because of the extreme diversity in voting methods in the US (it varies not only by state, but by county within the state) it's impossible to accurately make any generalization about voting in the US. For example, in my parents' county in Wisconsin, you show up at the polling place, they check you off the list of registered voters, and they hand you a ballot with no individual markings at all. Once you finish filling it out, you put it in a box with the other identical ballots, to be c

In the US, voter registration is completely open. You can walk down to your Board of Elections and look at the full register, including party registration and whether you voted or not.For contested elections, party inspectors will note active voters who haven't voted yet and report, which generates phone calls or even volunteers dropping by to drive voters to the polls.IMO, transparency is required for democracy.

Can't you do that in the US via a provisional ballot on the day-of?

What elections you vote in is, in many cases in the US, pretty much public information.

I don't understand why would you need to know a person's details to tell where he should vote. In Czech Republic, you can tell just from your address of residency. It's usually the closest one to your registered address. Therefore, it should be enough to publish just the list of locations and the areas they serve.

As I understand it the US doesn't have a giant federal government database that tracks everyone who is eligible to vote and their current postal adress.