Oregon made big news when it announced it would be automatically registering voters using information collected at the Department of Motor Vehicles. In an age when voter ID laws are highly controversial and the right to vote is widely discussed, many people wondered why that wasn’t the norm? So simple, so seamless—why not everywhere?

Joining LXBN TV to weigh in on the practice and the possibility that Oregon might be starting a trend is attorney Stefan Passantino, head of the Political Law Team at McKenna Long & Aldridge.