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Non US citizens, what's the weirdest thing about USA elections, compared to elections in your country? (sopuli.xyz)

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For me it is the concept of registering to vote. I am citizen so I have the right to vote automatically and only thing I need to provide is some accepted ID.

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

Everything being voted on at once even if it means that the States have control over the federal elections, that's weird as fuck to me... In Canada provinces handle their elections, cities handle their elections (although they might all have to hold them on the same day depending on provincial laws), the federal government handles its own elections.

Numbers starting coming out before all polling stations are closed is also stupid.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

The first one makes more sense when you realize that America was originally supposed to be somewhere between one large state and X independent states in an EU-style union. Presidential elections are the federal government asking the states who they want to be president and the states then asking the people (technically they don't have to do that part AFAIK). It's weird but internally consistent at least.

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