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Beto O'Rourke: “There's no automatic voter registration [in Texas].”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 26:49

Some of you know what that is. But for those who don't, there's no online voter registration in Texas, one of the last states. Not. There's no automatic voter registration [in Texas]. There's no same day voter Registration. Imagine you're 18 years old and you've got to figure out how to print out a form from the Texas Secretary of State website, fill out that form correctly, find an envelope and then put a stamp. (26:49–26:51)

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Asserts that Texas does not have automatic voter registration.

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