I noticed at the local post office the other day a small sign announcing that every male citizen (not every mail, as I first typed) had to register with the U.S. government by his 18th birthday. Now, I imagine this sign can be found at every post office in the U.S. (or at least at any post office in the U.S.), so this is not strictly a Point Roberts story.
But the thing is how surprising this relatively new sign is. We have an all-volunteer army and have had such for several decades. Why is the government still requiring registration by 18-year-olds? And, my equally surprised response, Why is the government requiring that 18-year-old males register but not 18-year-old-females?
This seems about as goofy a government policy (on both counts) as I can imagine. What do they do with those registrations? Who presides over them? And has anybody considered whether there is any point at all to this?
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this took a second read! in australia we have similar government messages but they are for 18 years olds to enroll to vote, which is mandatory - so on first read i was wondering why only males had to vote!
liz price
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