In Europe I get a voting pass sent in the mail for every election. To vote I have to show both this pass and a valid ID.
In the Netherlands it doesn’t even have to be a valid ID. If it hasn’t been expired for more than 5 years it’s fine for voting purposes.
No idea about the Lemmy hosting bit, but I highly doubt that .com you got will renew at $1 going forward. Judging by this list it’ll most likely be $9+ after the first year.
At $1/year, the registrar you used is taking a loss because they pay more than that to the registry for it. They might be fine with that for the first year to get you in the door, but they’d presumably prefer to be profitable in the long term.