So in 18 states you don’t have to register.
Including Texas.
But you do in CA, MA, NJ, NY, and usually blue PA.
It distorts the truth.
Example Texas: Come primary time you choose which primary you want to vote
in when you go to vote. You are bound by that choice until the next two year cycle
and it starts over. Texas also sends you a new voter registration card every two
years. It isn't supposed to be forwarded but returned to the registrar. At some
point they remove you from the eligible voter list.