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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,499 posts)
1. Wow, good thing you checked!
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:06 PM
Oct 2018

Otherwise you'd have had an unpleasant surprise on election day.

Wonder why you got purged?

Wow, good thing you checked! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2018 #1
There is at least one other person with an almost identical name to mine in another state JCMach1 Oct 2018 #3
Yep, you got it right - that's what Crosscheck does. KKKobach tried to take away your right to vote diva77 Oct 2018 #21
Thank you for getting your cards and for the warning to others! SunSeeker Oct 2018 #2
I just checked mine again ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #4
The other thing they do is NOT NOTIFY YOU JCMach1 Oct 2018 #5
Snakes Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #6
+++ agree. iluvtennis Oct 2018 #13
They're running checks against the drivers license database FakeNoose Oct 2018 #7
Thanks , I'm Registered Grassy Knoll Oct 2018 #10
Glad to hear it! FakeNoose Oct 2018 #16
I was purged too. Had to change address on licence then re-register. Everyone should confirm statu OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #8
Checked on the website today, was still A-OK. n/t Liberal In Texas Oct 2018 #9
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2018 #11
Facts Roadside Attraction Oct 2018 #12
One doesn't normally hear of such shenanigans going on in Washington state... Salviati Oct 2018 #14
I used to live in Dallas. The voter registrations there expire. You have to renew. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #15
In both Denton and Collin County you're automatically renewed. argyl Oct 2018 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author argyl Oct 2018 #20
I've been voting here in Dallas since 1981. My registration has never expired. Liberal In Texas Oct 2018 #22
Yes, that's how it is. I forgot the details. I didn't de-register when I moved... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #34
If you vote it is automatically renewed cannabis_flower Oct 2018 #25
Ah, I didn't remember that. Yes, I would get the new one in the mail. But you have to follow up.... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #31
Stories like this make me wonder how other countries handle voter registration. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #17
Yes, but the Republicans' obsession with this is a political strategy AdamGG Oct 2018 #18
The automatic expiration would solve that. If someone doesn't vote in that precinct... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #32
I always check here in Florida radical noodle Oct 2018 #23
Here' a good link to share around: Qutzupalotl Oct 2018 #24
I just checked blueniteflower Oct 2018 #30
Mine is online in my states voter portal. It was online where I lived before, too. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #33
My wife, two daughters, and myself are registered exboyfil Oct 2018 #26
I was removed twice in two elections ROB-ROX Oct 2018 #27
Kick Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2018 #28
I'm glad that you checked. Kicking! n/t Niagara Oct 2018 #29
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