<![CDATA[People, the draft is NOT back (yet).]]>People, the draft is NOT back (yet). Males have had to register for the SSS for a long time now and the change is that instead of them doing it themselves, the government is automatically registering them. That's all (again, for now).

Now, I think that is itself a bad thing, but saying that the draft is back is not at all accurate.

We have enough scary shit out there, don't make it worse.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/98783919-cbb8-4f06-be6a-429258b533ca/people-the-draft-is-not-back-yet-.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 07:38:30 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 22:07:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:03:27 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @LeslieBurns I bet you now wish you'd run off to Canada instead.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/oclsc/statuses/116381254119664181https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/oclsc/statuses/116381254119664181Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:03:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:59:53 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @LeslieBurns

Agree, 60s student draft deferment program was rigged for white middle class males. My best friend and I went down to the local draft board office for a chat in 1966. We wanted all the information from them about the process beyond a deferment(we thought they were blatantly unfair). All old white guys there. At the office we both decided to 'volunteer' to be drafted immediately, agreeing if assigned to Vietnam we would not go. We both made it.....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yuhasz01/statuses/116380296376526909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yuhasz01/statuses/116380296376526909Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:59:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:04:13 GMT]]>@ahimsa_pdx @LeslieBurns Motor Voter was signed into federal law by Bill Clinton. All states are required to ask people if they'd like to register to vote when they get their driver's license/state ID.

Automatic voter registration would be simpler--you turn 18 and you're registered to vote. No need to do anything else. (It should also mean no voter purges due to inactivity and other shenanigans, but obviously none of that will change without a new Voting Rights Act)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/hydropsyche/statuses/116380077463206208https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/hydropsyche/statuses/116380077463206208Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:04:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:48 GMT]]>@marchyman @SteveBellovin @LeslieBurns Had you rehabilitated yourself, though?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116378412579867900https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116378412579867900Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:53:12 GMT]]>@mattblaze @SteveBellovin @LeslieBurns That only got you some extra time on the group W bench during your pre draft physical. I can verify that a pending hitch hiking ticket (got it a few days before my physical and hadn't yet paid the fine) also got you a seat on the bench.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/marchyman/statuses/116378382679737826https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/marchyman/statuses/116378382679737826Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:53:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:26:27 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @LeslieBurns yes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116377805631345956https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116377805631345956Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:26:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:25:50 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @LeslieBurns awesome. Thanks Steve.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116377803191682437https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116377803191682437Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:25:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:24:51 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @noplasticshower @mattblaze @LeslieBurns Was hoping for

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jef/statuses/116377799305665775https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jef/statuses/116377799305665775Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:24:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:18:58 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @LeslieBurns @mattblaze I had a low draft number - and mine came up. I had a minor transient, but grounds for exemption, medical condition - so I went to the UCLA medical library and learned how to make it worse, much much worse. I had the full Alice's Restaurant draft physical experience - my ears still are ringing from when the goons screamed into my face that I was lying when I could not read the lines on the eye chart. But my medical "learning" paid off when I got inspected by a doctor who did not want to be there and knew that I did not want to be there.

On the way out some guy in a uniform gave me condolences saying "now you'll never be able to join the military".

I think I went to Pinks Hot Dogs in Hollywood to celebrate.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/karlauerbach/statuses/116377776188718377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/karlauerbach/statuses/116377776188718377Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:18:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:15:10 GMT]]>@noplasticshower @mattblaze @LeslieBurns (I should post a link every Thanksgiving…)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377761259591423https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377761259591423Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:15:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:10:34 GMT]]>@mattblaze @MisuseCase @LeslieBurns

I doubt it, even if we get a sorta honest administration again someday.

And I suspect you are still liable if they make a mistake, either in registering you, or in updating your address. In the past, failing to update your address was just as great a crime as not registering.

Not being sufficiently diligent in making sure they got your new address and updated their records correctly was *also* the same crime.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/cptbutton/statuses/116377743193011293https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/cptbutton/statuses/116377743193011293Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:10:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:10:33 GMT]]>@noplasticshower @mattblaze @LeslieBurns You got it! The Alice's Restaurant Photo Tour: https://urbandinosaurs.org/blog/2024-12/2024-12-07.html

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377743082402835https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377743082402835Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:10:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:08:01 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @LeslieBurns yes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116377733148109991https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116377733148109991Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:08:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:06:33 GMT]]>@mattblaze @LeslieBurns Do I need to repost the link to my Alice's Restaurant photo tour?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377727345314541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377727345314541Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:06:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:05:27 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @LeslieBurns I understand that the preferred strategy was to get yourself arrested for littering....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377723044315476https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377723044315476Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:05:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:52 GMT]]>@mattblaze @LeslieBurns I know the answer to that one too. One can’t expect any kind of reasonableness from the people currently in charge.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/116377708982827398https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/116377708982827398Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:31 GMT]]>@mattblaze @LeslieBurns Student deferments were arguably even more unfair, since they applied primarily to college students—predominantly white, at least middle class, etc. Earlier, I had sent a letter to my draft board saying that I didn't know if I could take part in a war I considered morally unjust, and I spent a lot of time wondering what I would do if I received that dreaded letter, but it never happened. (Aside: by that point, other than college students, student deferments were available to seminary students—so seminaries therefore saw quite an enrollment jump, with lots of DD degrees awarded.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377707607068979https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377707607068979Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:58:11 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @LeslieBurns The current system is much more convenient. Selective Service now lets you download and print your draft card in case you need to burn one.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377694468322943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377694468322943Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:58:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:52:45 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @LeslieBurns And you didn't even have bone spurs!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377673079287591https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377673079287591Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:52:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:50:30 GMT]]>@LeslieBurns @mattblaze Back when the world was young and the Vietnam War was raging, there was a lottery based on birthday during some year, assigning each person a number. There was a cut-off number for the year, and if you were eligible for the draft even one day during the year but your number was too high, you were effectively exempt. I lucked out with a high number, and so on December 31 of the appropriate year, I was on line at the main post office in Manhattan to send a certified letter to my draft board surrendering my student deferment. The clerk asked me why so many people were sending certified letters to their draft boards that day…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377664226782835https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116377664226782835Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:50:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:48:10 GMT]]>@MisuseCase @LeslieBurns No doubt they will make errors. Which raises a question. Failure to register currently has significant consequences: possible criminal prosecution, and, unless you can show the failure wasn't willful, lifetime debarment from certain federal benefits, including employment.

With automatic registration, will those who aren't auto-registered (through no fault of their own) be entitled to a presumption that their failure wasn't willful? Or is the burden on you to check?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377655074801246https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116377655074801246Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:48:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:27:59 GMT]]>@LeslieBurns @mattblaze Who wants to bet that the automatic registration will be facilitated by some half-baked AI though?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/116377575709296564https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/116377575709296564Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:27:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:23:33 GMT]]>@LeslieBurns I wonder who's inflaming this situation? I filled out the card.

I also did drag from time to time for a little while when that was a disqualifying factor, just in case.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/chucklessmith/statuses/116377558258877111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/chucklessmith/statuses/116377558258877111Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:23:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People, the draft is NOT back (yet). on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:18:56 GMT]]>@hydropsyche @LeslieBurns

Quite a few states have automatic voter registration (AVR). My state, Oregon, has AVR.

It's often called "motor voter" because it started at the DMV (dept of motor vehicles) Some states are looking beyond the DMV to get more people automatically registered to vote.

Just a moment...

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(www.findlaw.com)

And then there's North Dakota which doesn't even require registration!

Sorry if this is too rambling, voting issues are interesting to me.

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