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This is the difficulty with requiring voter registration. Federalism gives the running of the elections to each individual state. The national government has very little, if any, control over state elections, they put forth standards, which are vague at best. To require voter registration would be difficult because everything varries.
Example: Wisconsin has same-day registration with an open-primary system, by that I mean you can show up at the poll, with a bill or proof of residency and an ID. (Though in Beloit, they accept a college ID as residency even if your driver's is out of state). You can vote on any, and all i believe, tickets in a primary. For example i could have choosen, in 2000, McCain and Gore or whomever. You do not actually declare your party.
Now in PA you have to register 1 month in advance in order to be eligible to vote. Then you need to have a voter registration card, which they send you by mail in order to cast your ballot. Additionally, correct me if I'm wrong, but you need to delcare your party affiliation to vote in the primary. If you declare Independent, you do not get to vote in the primary, only registered party affiliates can.
It is too complicated to REQUIRE voter registration for membership. I agree with encouraging chapters to participate in voter turnout, but I also think that chapters shouldn't be forced. There are some chapters who can just not handle to add the political into the sorority, no matter how non-partisan it is ment. Anyone who has been in a sorority chapter meeting can atest, I'm assuming, to how hot topics can get, I think that sisterhood should come before politics, always.
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