From DUer ChinaCat - who went to vote today and says in
this threadI wasn't allowed to vote. Was told that new voter registration cards had been sent out and they won't accept an old one (even with 3 pieces of ID...2 of them photo). I never got anything; the local paper and news outlets (including online) somehow managed to miss the fact that the cards were changing. About half the line while I was there had the same problem.Q: Did you get a provisional?
I wasn't even allowed to ask for anything. 'You don't have the proper card, please move out of the way'. I saw at least 15 other people told the same thing and was approached by a cop for just sitting there watching....
It really upsets me. SC doesn't require you to declare a party when you register, so I didn't, believing that that would be a safer alternative...I'm not immediately identifiable as a Dem.
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. I've been keeping track and in over a month of heavy political ads on TV, there has been only ONE shown here for a Democratic candidate. All the rest have been trying to outrepublican each other.
I checked with a neighbor (a right-winger I have little to do with). He received the new card and showed it to me. On it is printed: "Please check this card for accuracy. For any questions, call your Voter Registration office. YOU MUST (emphasis here is mine) present your voter registration notification, a valid South Carolina License or a photo ID that has been issued by the Department of Public Safety when you go to vote. You may request a duplicate notification card from your local Voter Registration Office if your original is lost or stolen. If you move within this county, follow directions on back of notification card. If you move to another county, you must register in your new county of residence." He got his about 3 weeks ago....
The first time I registered in this county was in 1974. We've lived at this same address since 1979.
....I was not allowed to vote in 94...was refused because my registration was revoked. Reason given was that I hadn't voted in 2 previous local elections. Was bullshit and a friend who works a differing precinct at the polls was able to help me get it straightened out. Too late to vote, but fixed.
I voted in 2000. In 2004 I needed an absentee ballot. I first applied for one in March of 2004. In June I emailed them to find out why I'd received no acknowledgement...was told they never received the ap. Reapplied end of June. In August I called to find out why I hadn't gotten mine yet. Was told it was mailed out to me and if I didn't receive it by Sept. 1 to call again. Called again Sept. 2, was told that my address didn't exist and was threatened with legal action for trying to perpetrate a fraud. Sept. 15, sent registered ap for absentee ballot with copy of non-driver's ID, registration card and header from electric bill in my name showing that my address DOES exist. Oct. 15, called to find out where my absentee ballot was. Told that it was too late to apply for one and if I couldn't get to my polling place that I'd just have to forego voting. I didn't vote...no way to get there from where I was.
....I received no notification of needing a new registration 'notification' (as they are terming it now) and no new card. And there was nothing in the local media about it...print, broadcast or online. My neighbor, his son and grandson all received theirs....
....I fall into 3 of the 4 categories of people least likely to be allowed to vote (or wanted at the polls). I'm 60, female and disabled. It would be a grand slam if I were also black but I missed that one.
It may very well have to do with my campaign against the Diebold machines used here for the first time.
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