Emilia Rybak just wanted to register to vote.
Last fall, Rybak was changing her residency from New York to Florida, and the first step in the long slog of forms and paperwork was a seemingly easy one: the United States Postal Service’s Movers Guide website.
Like tens of millions of Americans each year, Rybak navigated to the site, filled out a simple form with her old and new addresses, paid the $1.25 identity verification fee, and then checked a box indicating that she also wanted to update her voter registration.
“ I was like, this is definitely the kind of thing that I’m gonna put off or forget about until it’s voting time
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