Stupid Voter Registration Question

[LoveTrains]

Yes re: the metro. You probably need to fill out a change of address form with the board of elections/board of canvassars.

It might be too late. You should look up the rules for VA. It is now too late to register in my state. the last day was Sunday.

[AAM2012]

I had to submit a separate request to change my voters registration. I was able to google and find the form online and mail it to the local registration office.

Edit: I believe our deadline was sometime last month.

[karinothing]

Yes, the old folks can help you. You can probably also pick one up at the post office or library. Or go here www.rockthevote.com/rtv_voter_registration.html?source=rtv.com-homegraphicdeadlines

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Oct 9, 2012 13:04:52 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Yes re: the metro. You probably need to fill out a change of address form with the board of elections/board of canvassars.

It might be too late. You should look up the rules for VA. It is now too late to register in my state. the last day was Sunday.

If it is too late though, can't she vote by affidavit?

I don't think it is too late in NY (or at least, there were voter registration people in the Times Square subway stop this morning).

[karinothing]

Oct 9, 2012 13:08:06 GMT -5 v said:

Oct 9, 2012 13:04:52 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Yes re: the metro. You probably need to fill out a change of address form with the board of elections/board of canvassars.

It might be too late. You should look up the rules for VA. It is now too late to register in my state. the last day was Sunday.

If it is too late though, can't she vote by affidavit?

I don't think it is too late in NY (or at least, there were voter registration people in the Times Square subway stop this morning).

If it is too late, she should go vote at her old address But it is not too late, assuming she does something this week.

You can download the form here to change your address and mail it in quick - www.sbe.virginia.gov/VoterInformation.html

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Oct 9, 2012 13:10:28 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Oct 9, 2012 13:08:06 GMT -5 v said:

If it is too late though, can't she vote by affidavit?

I don't think it is too late in NY (or at least, there were voter registration people in the Times Square subway stop this morning).

If it is too late, she should go vote at her old address But it is not too late, assuming she does something this week.

You can download the form here to change your address and mail it in quick - www.sbe.virginia.gov/VoterInformation.html

Interesting -- you're right, but that's the opposite of NY

www.sbe.virginia.gov/VoterInformation.html

(in NY, you're supposed to go to the new ballot place and vote by affidavit)

[karinothing]

Oct 9, 2012 13:16:59 GMT -5 v said:

Oct 9, 2012 13:10:28 GMT -5 karinothing said:

If it is too late, she should go vote at her old address But it is not too late, assuming she does something this week.

You can download the form here to change your address and mail it in quick - www.sbe.virginia.gov/VoterInformation.html

Interesting -- you're right, but that's the opposite of NY

www.sbe.virginia.gov/VoterInformation.html

(in NY, you're supposed to go to the new ballot place and vote by affidavit)

I don't trust affidavit votes (assuming they are similar to provisional). They don't get counted until the end and only then if the vote is very close (or at least that is how it was in AZ).

[LoveTrains]

In RI, you have to vote at your old address if they haven't updated your registration.

I DID update my registration two years ago, but then when I got the new polling place, they didn't have me on the books. The told me to go to the old polling place but I refused. They let me cast a provisional ballot, though. Then I got a notice saying that they tossed my ballot b/c I voted in the wrong location. WTF. I was pissed.

In any case, swizz, just check with the oldies at the metro. I saw all of these old people walking around in Obama shirts near your apartment when I was there the other week for that wedding. I was all drunk and lost and a nice Obama volunteer helped me figure out where to go. It was awesome. Then he gave me an Obama bumper sticker.

[whitepicketfence]

Oct 9, 2012 13:06:24 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I had to submit a separate request to change my voters registration. I was able to google and find the form online and mail it to the local registration office.

Edit: I believe our deadline was sometime last month.

I was able to find the appropriate form online after our last move as well.

[mbcdefg]

If the DMV website doesn't have information, look on your county's official government website. Or the state website.

[jenn248]

I know there was a voter registration table set up outside of the DMV at Four Mile Run when I was there last week; it might be worth stopping by the DMV Select at Courthouse to see if they have voter registration people there, too? Or you can get it in by mail if you hurry; my name never got updated for some reason, so I just mailed in the form last week (deadline, as pps have said, is 10/15).

[dexteroni]

I actually just changed my name with the board of elections this year after 9 years of marriage. I've been voting under my old name all this time - no one ever asked for ID, but with the talk of voter ID laws I figured I had better get around changing it. I had to fill out a form and mail it to the BOE, and the deadline for doing so isn't until October 9 in my state. So check your county's BOE website, you might still have time.

[LoveTrains]

Did you find the oldies?