• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    23 days ago

    Funnily enough, it wasn’t complicated at all for me to register to vote in the state of North Carolina. I’ll never forget it.

    I turned 18, I went down to the DMV to get my motorcycle permit along with updating my teen provisional license for an adult license. I passed the simple little tests, the DMV worker asked me height, weight, eye color, hair color, address. At the time, NC licenses could have one of several state themed backgrounds; the silhouette of the state, the state seal, the Hatteras lighthouse, the Wright flyer, I picked the plane. Want to be an organ donor? Sure. And the next thing she said to me is seared into my brain:

    “Okay, we’ll just register you for Selective Service…Would you like to register to vote?”

    So here’s what you do to register to vote in the state of North Carolina. When a woman in a weird half-cop uniform working at the DMV asks you if you wanna, you say “Y-Yeah.” and “Which party?” Say “Uhh. Independent?”

    I’ve voted in every election, maybe not every primary but every election, since that day.