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Voter Registration Assistance: A Judgement Free Zone
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Hello PA!
Elections are coming up this year and every state has a different set of equally confusing rules and regulations regarding voter registration.
This thread serves as a meeting place for anyone who needs help finding their voter office information, their state's rules, or how to make sure that your vote will count in November.
A few rules:
1) No politics. No talking about who you are voting for. No urging people to vote a certain way. No linking of partisan sites that "assist" with voting.
2) No judgement for knowledge or lack of knowledge about our voting system. We are here to help and only help!
3) No posts about how you are not voting because our system is run by snake people.
4) No civics or bureaucratic lectures on the election process itself.
The easiest way to figure out if you have already registered is to call your county voter board or office and just ask them to verify your current address and that you are registered. It takes three minutes tops.
Here are a few websites:
https://vote.usa.gov/
A federally operated web portal that will take you to your state's online registration if you have it.
http://www.canivote.org/
A web portal that will tell you if you are registered to vote in your state.
https://www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter
A web portal for Americans overseas and military members that wish to vote.
Register as early as you can. Many states have new voter deadlines.
Feel free to ask any questions in this thread regarding voting and how to get registered to vote! Any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged.
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Elections are coming up this year and every state has a different set of equally confusing rules and regulations regarding voter registration.
This thread serves as a meeting place for anyone who needs help finding their voter office information, their state's rules, or how to make sure that your vote will count in November.
A few rules:
1) No politics. No talking about who you are voting for. No urging people to vote a certain way. No linking of partisan sites that "assist" with voting.
2) No judgement for knowledge or lack of knowledge about our voting system. We are here to help and only help!
3) No posts about how you are not voting because our system is run by snake people.
4) No civics or bureaucratic lectures on the election process itself.
The easiest way to figure out if you have already registered is to call your county voter board or office and just ask them to verify your current address and that you are registered. It takes three minutes tops.
Here are a few websites:
https://vote.usa.gov/
A federally operated web portal that will take you to your state's online registration if you have it.
http://www.canivote.org/
A web portal that will tell you if you are registered to vote in your state.
https://www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter
A web portal for Americans overseas and military members that wish to vote.
Register as early as you can. Many states have new voter deadlines.
Feel free to ask any questions in this thread regarding voting and how to get registered to vote! Any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged.
Voters Assisted: 6
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https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation - Find out if you're registered, where your polling place is, who are your current senators/representatives/etc
http://elections.virginia.gov/voter-outreach/whats-ballot.html - Find out what's on the ballot in upcoming elections and what days they are taking place
Hank Green set up a channel with 50+ videos explaining how to vote in each State/Territory
Check the channel and find your state: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SMwipBlDwBPEwxq8QD8sw
Some states require your license to match your new address. Others do not.
Same county, different city.
a thing to consider is whether or not your state has a registration date limit and whether or not you will be able to vote if you change your registration too close to the election
might want to check with your registrar and see what your options will be since you know you'll be at a different address by election time
I don't mind going to my currently registered location if I'm still allowed to, it isn't that far away from my new location. I just didn't want to commit any type of fraud by doing so.
Edit:
Yeah, I kind of assumed that too and had no intention of doing so without talking to someone official who told me it was okay first (I'd sooner not vote). My schedule for the next few weeks though made having a new ID with the correct address in time difficult.
I have no idea if I'm currently registered (I was in CA). I believe but am not sure that the deadline to register is October 11ish. I don't want to deal with this until I've moved, but I also don't want to, you know, fuck up and not vote.
On a scale of 1-10, how stupid am I being and what's the best way to do this less stupidly?
Secondarily, what's my registration deadline and is it the same state-wide?
This an awesome thread, thanks for any help/advice you can give me.
We have stupid ID laws for the polls themselves, but its not all TX based, so I dont think you have to do your car stuff now:
If you have a passport, you'll be fine, but its worth checking over this list. I've had issues using my fucking Maryland birth certificate before in DMV situations, so if you plan on using something else, make sure you have the right doc.
Thanks for the info!
But yeah, just getting your ID is probably the best bet. Don't be like me and live here for three years and not get you correct ID.
Sorry, misread.
Looks like the registration deadline is 10/9, so you should be good to go.
This is another site set up for voting from abroad as either an expat or military. It's an extension of Democrats Abroad, a political organization.
I'm more than happy to talk about either one if anybody is curious.
Democrats Abroad! || Vote From Abroad
(As much as I'm not a fan of Fight for the Future, they are a legitimate organization.)
Website says:
"DC allows registration by email. To submit by email, click on the email button to generate a PDF of the application, print it, complete and sign it, scan it into your computer, then attach it to an email to your election administrator. "
...who is my election administrator? There is an email address for DC board of elections given as Director@DCBOEE.org, but it's not clear if this is the right address, and since they take a while getting back to you, I'd rather get it right the first time.
I am super braindead right now and want to do this asap but can't figure it out.
Man, I hope they've got good security. I tried to do it but they couldn't process IL.
I called the DC office. You need to email your form to
dcregistrations@vote4dc.com
or you can use the other one that you talked about.
Here is a confirmatory tweet.
For early voting locations in Iowa, check Iowa Votes Early.com
Is there any harm in attempting to register again? I have the form filled out and ready to mail but just wanna be sure.
Or do I still have time?
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
maybe 1 or 2 days left if you're abroad.
I'd look up on your state's Dep of Elections
Fake Edit: Or here, a link for you from Ballotpedia
https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_in_Minnesota#Absentee_voting
"There are no eligibility requirements to vote absentee in Minnesota.[12]
There is no specific deadline for applying for an absentee ballot. A completed ballot must be returned on or before Election Day for it to be counted.[13]
Early voting"
And you can Register to vote online here
Democrats Abroad! || Vote From Abroad
The problem is I've been living there for a year, but my driver's license and stuff is California as well as last year's tax stuff. I got the California ballot by mail but threw it away since I already voted.
Oh well, if it's close then I guess I should see if I'm still registered in California on Monday, then check minnesota
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
Crossposting for @Mim
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
call your local office and check
I was able to use a TX ID to register in another state, I just needed secondary identification, which I used my passport.
Check with your local office. I was able to use an out of state ID to register in another state, I just needed secondary identification, which I used my passport.
Never bothered updating when we moved, but this seemed like a good year to do it...
A note on Poll Watching:
You may see poll watching volunteers from each party. They generally are there to just tally who has/hasn't voted to drive Get Out the Vote efforts on those who have not voted. They can also request challenges on any vote. If they appear to be intimidating voters or doing anything other than sitting quietly in a corner and occasionally talking to officials, call the FBI/DOJ at 1-800-253-3931. That leads to their civil rights division, and they'll have many on-call folks in many areas the day of voting. Also call the local opposition party (R or D), as they should have lawyers ready to go in terms of petitioning polling places directly to shut that shit down.