[QUOTE=retina;562078]That is terrible.[/QUOTE]We both know the system is flawed.

All silliness aside, is this not the case where you live?

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;562068] Registering also puts us into the potential jury pool, and we have been put on notice a few times, but we have never served. We don't think we would survive the jury selection process anyways.[/QUOTE]I was not registered to vote for many years, just for that reason. When I got summoned for jury duty anyway, I decided I might as well register to vote.

That time, I survived [i]voir dire[/i] but was thrown off the panel on a peremptory challenge, possibly because I was too educated for defense counsel's taste. (The prosecution's case apparently depended on circumstantial evidence.)

It is also common for cases to be settled before the trial, so the whole panel gets to go home without seeing the inside of a courtroom.

Next time I was summoned, I wound up serving, but the case ended in a mistrial. It was a worthwhile experience for me.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;562080]All silliness aside, is this not the case where you live?[/QUOTE]Definitely not. Registering to vote is completely removed from any party or other unrelated information. Only name, age, and location. Where location is just the local district, not one's address.

We love watching legal-related movies and TV shows.

Our knowledge of the legal system is based entirely on our favorite movie "[URL="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/"]My Cousin Vinny[/URL]".

We would love to serve on a jury.

But we would very easily be discarded with even the simplest question.

:sad:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;562077]The people at the poll were very aggressive in verifying our identity. We are not sure where we stand on that issue but it did strike us as weirdly aggressive. Maybe we are hyper-sensitive?[/QUOTE]Probably not. The R's in particular have been working very hard to exclude votes from anyone who might be an "unreliable element."

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;562083]But we would very easily be discarded with even the simplest question.[/QUOTE]
Are you sane sir?

[QUOTE=retina;562082]Definitely not. Registering to vote is completely removed from any party or other unrelated information. Only name, age, and location. Where location is just the local district, not one's address.[/QUOTE]Huh. I got my ballot by mail. I also get a voter information card in the mail, that lists my district info and the location of my polling place. Be tough to mail someone those things if you don't have their address...

I did not return my ballot by mail however, even though the postage was prepaid. I was concerned about it possibly not getting there at all, or in time.

I was going to turn it in at the drop box listed as being at the county admin building. Only the box was actually quite a way from the building, on the street you turn off of to get on the side street to the building, and somehow I failed to notice or recognize it on my way in. So I went into the admin building, and it turned out there were two drop boxes inside the building, built into walls between a hallway and an office. That was [i]great[/i], because I'd heard about supporters of one of the presidential candidates hanging around the outdoor boxes.

I saw the outdoor drop box on my way out. It was so big, I probably mistook it for a dumpster on my way in.

[QUOTE=retina;562082][COLOR=Gray]Definitely not. Registering to vote is completely removed from any party or other unrelated information. [/COLOR]Only name, age, and location. Where location is just the local district, not one's address.[/QUOTE]

This must depend on where a person lives. I had to produce my drivers license. It was placed in a machine which read a really strange looking graphic code on the back. I was then quizzed about some of the information. Address was one of them. I had to sign using a rubber-tip pen on what looked like a notebook computer. Then, on to the machine.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;562068]Our only concern with registering at all is the fact that anybody with a few $ can buy the voter database and then use that info to spam us with political crap.[/QUOTE]You don't have adequate spam filters?

I had always thought our colonial cousins were rather behind the times, but I never realized that they were [i] that[/i] backward.

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America: The World is pulling for you. Sincerely.
 

I hope this is received the way it is intended... :chalsall:

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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;562068]Our only concern with registering at all is the fact that anybody with a few $ can buy the voter database and then use that info to spam us with political crap.

Registering also puts us into the potential jury pool, and we have been put on notice a few times, but we have never served. We don't think we would survive the jury selection process anyways.[/QUOTE]

Buying voters, I mean voter lists, is the American way! It is a free market.

Having served on two juries on my life, I view it is a public service and a very important one at that. It is important for Americans to realize what is involved with the process in case you ever have to appear in court as a witness, defendant, or plaintiff.

The main fear I hear from people is that they don't want to server on a jury for a lengthy trial. I understand that and wouldn't want to do that either. You are far more likely to serve for a trial that lasts one or two days than serve on one that lasts more than a week.

The other thing you learn on a jury is that you get to see many different perspectives because of the vastness of backgrounds of those serving. Many people are stuck in echo chambers in comparison.

I do not know anyone who has served on a jury and has regretted the experience.