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49 sats \ 23 replies \ @bief57 25 Jul 2024 \ on: Stacker Saloon
It has been a long week for some, this Sunday are the presidential elections in Venezuela. I read something that seemed so shameless and ridiculous to me, that in Peru there are currently approximately 1.5 million Venezuelans, of which 900 thousand are the voting population, despite them only 589 people are eligible to vote. This is totally absurd, it is not even 1% as the requirements they asked for: permanent residence, passport and ID... The majority in Peru have refuge or "special" immigration status as they call it, some do not have a valid passport because the price is expensive and much less valid identity card, many have arrived more than 5 years ago without being able to return to Venezuela to be able to renew the identity card, and at the consulate they do not process that document, only a passport. In addition to these 3 requirements, they ask for a payment of 120 dollars. My question is, in other countries do they charge to exercise the RIGHT to vote?
Could you comment on this? #619850
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Who is they in “they ask for a payment”? Anyway, this is of course absurd to ask for.
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The payment is requested by the consulate... but the consulate belongs to the government so... the money goes to the same place
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not in USA
not even identification
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Not even identification? Really?
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depends on the city or state
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how do they know if the person has already voted?
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Each city has a different process
In my city if you vote in person you tell the poll worker your name and address to get a ballot
If you vote by mail (and most people vote by mail in California) you can sign up for an alert via email or text to confirm your ballot has been received by the county election board
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I really find it curious that you don't ask for identification, it also leaves me with doubts. I don't even know what to think, anyway they always find a way to cheat no matter if they ask for identification, address, fingerprints or email
But in places that don't ask for ID, does that mean you can vote for other people? That's very funny.
For the Peruvian elections they do ask you for identification but it does not matter if it has already expired, you are even obliged to vote otherwise you have to pay a fine
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Australia has mandatory voting which is a recipe for ballot fraud
High rates of voting such as 92% are laughable
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