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Kitty
10-31-2006, 01:56 PM
Can you register to vote at the post office? I normally do it through the DMV, but I move and I'm not near a DMV.
wordsmith
10-31-2006, 01:59 PM
You're probably too late, Kitty. From your Sec. of State:

"In California, the deadline to register to vote for an election is 15 days before each local and statewide election day, so please register early!"
cache
10-31-2006, 02:02 PM
Oh, yeah, if you're in CA, the deadline was Oct 23 - I remember hearing a bunch of ads and news stories that day about it.

Don't know abuout the post office thing, though
Kitty
10-31-2006, 02:04 PM
That is the dumbest thng I've ever heard. 15 days?!

How did I miss this...*sigh*
EmberMae
10-31-2006, 03:11 PM
In Texas you can also get voter applications online or at libraries. I don't know about anywhere else.
wordsmith
10-31-2006, 03:42 PM
Evidently, you can do it online in Cal., too, but you still have to do it by the deadline.
Kitty
10-31-2006, 03:44 PM
Evidently, you can do it online in Cal., too, but you still have to do it by the deadline.

You still have to mail it in, though. So, I don't really see any benefit to doing it online.

I think that I can actually do an absentee vote. the dealine is today.
wordsmith
10-31-2006, 03:51 PM
You still have to mail it in, though. So, I don't really see any benefit to doing it online.

I guess just not having to go somewhere and get the forms.
Krishna
10-31-2006, 04:11 PM
We have same-day registration where I am. Super nice.
capella
10-31-2006, 04:22 PM
Libraries usually have voter registration forms too. I sent mine in for a change of address since the last election... about 3 weeks ago in fact... and I still haven't received my new voter registration card. Ugh....
yankeeyosh
10-31-2006, 06:58 PM
My situation was interesting...I registered when I got my Mass license, but I forgot about it. A few weeks ago, I found out that the stupid RMV (not DMV) clerk put my address wrong on my license, so I had to get that fixed. I forgot about my voter's registration card. Fortunately, it looks like that's all squared away.