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Shtinamin_ said:

SvennoJ said:

Ah thanks for the clarification. I wondered about how these districts could impact state vote outcome, they can't :) Now it makes a lot more sense why the House of Representatives and Senate have such different ratios. Yeah you can't alter state boundaries. Afaik lol.

Apparently you can be (temporarily) registered to vote in multiple states
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/can-i-be-registered-to-vote-in-more-than-one-state-verify-yes-but-you-can-only-vote-in-one-state/65-4dda7684-e46e-4612-a392-53443a261008
Of course it's illegal to actually vote in multiple states, dunno if it's illegal to vote in your old state if you feel your vote would have more impact there... 2.75 million double registrations (2012) is quite a few swing votes!

Yikes, that is a big number.

You can change state boundaries, or at least try to. A couple counties in Oregon are trying to become part of Idaho, to create the State of Greater Idaho.

I do think it's weird that 2020 election was the highest percentage of Voted/VAP, Voted/VEP, and Voted/Registered than in any US Presidential Election.

I don't find it strange at all that the percentage was so much higher in 2020 as it was by far the easiest time I've ever had voting. I was in Michigan at the time and voting was a chore that took an hour or so and I felt like I was only informed on a couple races. In 2020 they opened up the ability for everybody to do voting by mail and it was amazing. So much more convenient and I got to sit there with the ballot and look up every single person to feel truly informed on my votes all the way down the ballot. I was so disappointed to see everything moved backwards after that towards more difficult and restrictive methods that will inevitably lead to more people not bothering.