Election year question
Aug. 30th, 2004 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsHow long does it take for voter registration changes to go through the DMV, and how do you find out if/where you are registered to vote?
I have a horrible feeling I've disenfranchised myself temporarily - and this year of all years!
It's a simple progression. My driver's license address has the township where the post office is. My actual house is over the line in another town that is covered by the same P.O. The town where I live has asked residents to make sure that their driver's licenses reflect the proper town, because the gov't apparently uses DMV records in part to determine population. So, as my license was due to expire in roughly 8 weeks, when I renewed it, I changed my address to the proper town.
The computer automatically spit out a change of address voter registration form.
*blink* I haven't actually moved, but went ahead and filed it, checking "change of address" since my address had, well, changed.
Now I'm wondering if I should have left well enough alone. I'm also seriously considering applying for an absentee ballot, since that will:
1) Let me know if I'm still registered to vote, and
2) Bypass the rumored shennanigans with the electronic voting machines.
Yes, I probably should have left well enough alone until the next license cycle. But I didn't, so now I have to figure out how to play the cards I've dealt myself.
I have a horrible feeling I've disenfranchised myself temporarily - and this year of all years!
It's a simple progression. My driver's license address has the township where the post office is. My actual house is over the line in another town that is covered by the same P.O. The town where I live has asked residents to make sure that their driver's licenses reflect the proper town, because the gov't apparently uses DMV records in part to determine population. So, as my license was due to expire in roughly 8 weeks, when I renewed it, I changed my address to the proper town.
The computer automatically spit out a change of address voter registration form.
*blink* I haven't actually moved, but went ahead and filed it, checking "change of address" since my address had, well, changed.
Now I'm wondering if I should have left well enough alone. I'm also seriously considering applying for an absentee ballot, since that will:
1) Let me know if I'm still registered to vote, and
2) Bypass the rumored shennanigans with the electronic voting machines.
Yes, I probably should have left well enough alone until the next license cycle. But I didn't, so now I have to figure out how to play the cards I've dealt myself.
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