That notary thing is very stupid but just one thing - let's not pretend the US doesn't have stupidity on that level too. DMV lines, anyone? One voting booth for an entire city because it's majority black?
Obviously, the US has lots and lots of stupid things.
The difference is that you typically don't hear "Oh we need to make slow progress on making voting easier, because the EU will retaliate". That would be absurd. We recognize that it's our own fault, i.e. the politicians that we are voting in.
