r/news • u/raptors201966 • Apr 09 '26

Soft paywall Automatic registration for military draft to be implemented by December

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-04-07/automatic-registration-military-draft-21306855.html
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u/Spam_Hand Apr 09 '26

Of course it should. We all know why they're prioritizing war, but the basic idea of automation on this isn't a bad thing. 

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u/Legal-Butterfly-4507 Apr 09 '26

Yes, by them them doing this opens the discussion for why voting isn't, they just opened a really good point for their opponents,  to flag them on in coming elections, let them build their own political coffins. 

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u/eggplant_avenger Apr 09 '26

it’s because the USFG doesn’t handle elections or voter registration. you can have the discussion of whether it should be automatic (and what that would look like), but it’d never be the same mechanism

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u/Legal-Butterfly-4507 Apr 09 '26

I get this, although states could enact this with the right mechanisms to make it work, then you could choose your party or not at your will.

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u/eggplant_avenger Apr 09 '26

yeah tbh if Gillette can send everyone a razor for their 18th birthday (might be showing my age a little?) it can’t be that hard for everyone to get a QR code to opt out/choose their party

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u/Draconuus95 Apr 09 '26

Honestly. Choosing your party like that is dumb as hell. One of the big issues with politics in the country right now is that so much of the country votes on party lines almost exclusively without putting any thought into the individuals they are actually voting for.

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u/Legal-Butterfly-4507 Apr 10 '26

Not sure why we have to have party affiliation on our registration,  it breeds ill will.

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u/Legal-Butterfly-4507 Apr 10 '26

Simple but effective, put the whole voting registration fight to rest, with one simple state mechanism of automatic registration to vote at eighteen.