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Comment by kepler1 | Hacker News Reader

Well, as unfortunate as this is, I mean, accidents and issues do happen in life. Be prepared.

There was a whole probably 4 years (at least) to register to vote up to this day. For the prepared, how does one day out of years really matter? It's a sad situation if your voter base is scrambling to register on the last possible day, regardless of party.

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Might I suggest the wild and crazy idea that for us “prepared” citizens, who have the means and wherewithal to register instead of chiding those who do not, we look to address the situations where possible to maximize the ability for that class of voter, as is the good and prudent thing to do in a democratic society, Citizen Kepler?

Voting is for everyone. Not only "the prepared".

Seems like a whole lot of accidents are happening.

The obsession with personal responsibility is antithetical to democracy, and, frankly, civilization. It sounds good, but in practice it's used as an excuse to allow those who "deserve it" to suffer.

The prepared are not the only people whose opinions are relevant to an election.

> There was a whole probably 4 years (at least) to register to vote up to this day. For the prepared...

I moved from one state to another in June. I did not have four years to prepare. I was also not allowed to register immediately, you must reside for some months to register. Also this state has voter suppression to make registration more difficult. They certainly do not have online registration, but they piled on extra Covid difficulties lately. I did manage to register however. What you are saying is ridiculous.

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