Op-Ed: I became a U.S. citizen last week. Then I had to figure out how to vote by Super Tuesday (via latimesopinion)
said on its “New Citizens” page: “People who become citizens after the close of registration may register and vote at the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk anytime up until the close of polls on Election Day.”The United States has, arguably, the most complicated and arcane voting system in the world, but little attention is given to actually explaining the system in clear and precise language to new voters.
The U.S., in contrast, throws voters a curveball with a complex ballot that involves a veritable who’s who of office-holding. We are expected to vote for, among others, judges, congresspeople, city council and school board members — and a potential president of the United States. Just to confuse things, a manis seeking to be a Superior Court judge in L.A. County.
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