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Young American men could be automatically registered for eligibility for the military draft as soon as December, ending decades of self-registration.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Giridhar R. Babu, professor and head of life-course epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India, said that the government should not have made self-registration mandatory for anybody, whether online or offline.

From Slate • May 5, 2021

But almost immediately after 1870 the Signal Corps undertook an evidently well-financed program for the introduction of self-registration.

From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.

Dr. Scheiner's spectrographic researches at Potsdam in 1890 and subsequently, exemplify the immense advantages of self-registration.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

This confidence was warranted, for the decade of the 1850's had seen the appearance of major innovations in the basic instruments—thermometer, barometer, and wind velocity indicator—that made available instruments more adaptable to self-registration.

From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.