Reminder: KEEP YOURSELF REGISTERED

[skids]

It's the new year, and in some states, that is the time when town clerks send out forms for you to fill out and return to make sure you haven't moved away. Failure to do so can get your voter registration revoked. Those of us who rent with housemates need to be alert and make sure one of your less than competant housemates doesn't take the letter and flake out on returning it. Also make sure you add that extra stamp, since postage rates are now up.

And even if you don't get such a letter where you live, in general, it might be a good time to check on your registration. Or if you've moved recently, file an updated form now, as opposed to right before the primaries. If there are any local or town elections before the primaries, you might want to go vote, if just to keep your registration active and make sure they'll actually let you in when the day comes.

Remember -- it wasn't just the machines that did us in. It was also tricks with registration and other suppression methods. Stay alert and stay registered.

(And pass it on to keep all your friends and family registered too.)

[EFerrari]

1. That's right! Excellent and timely reminder.

It wasn't just the machines!

:kick:

[Catamount]

2. Great advice!

Nominated

[SheilaT]

3. That's interesting.

Which states actually check up on voters like that? Kansas, where I live, will eventually drop voters off the rolls if they don't vote once every four years or so, but even that's pretty lax. When I was going door-to-door in 04, I found lots of households with multiple voter registrations because an old one hadn't been purged. Sometimes the voters currently living there had been there ten years or more.

My favorite states are the ones that make registration easy and convenient, such as Minnesota where (I hope they haven't changed this) you can register and vote on election day itself.

[skids]

7. I'm in MA.

And we do get letters. Of course, many town clerks don't purge based on the letters, but why leave it up to them to decide? :-)

[tjwmason]

4. I registered on-line.

In Britain registration takes place each autumn, and here if details of residents haven't changed since last year one can simply confirm that on-line.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. I moved and re-registered in October. I FINALLY got my card in the mail

last week. I had been inquiring for 3 weeks. It can take weeks or months to get official, or fix mistakes - This is great advice.

Thanks skids!

[Bethany Rockafella]

6. I'm in Texas and I never have to re-register

They renew my registration every year.

[tech3149]

8. I received a new voter reistration at the beginning of the year

They only require you to notify them within 10 days if any registration information has changed. Its always a good idea to check though.