Are you Registered to Vote?

Posted Tue, 10/07/2008 - 21:56 by jamess

promoted by roxy - originally published 2008-10-07 18:03:49 -1000
Are you sure? (Voter Rolls get Purged all the time ... especially with Republican Secretary of States)
Have you Check your State Election Office? Have you Verified that you are still Registered to Vote? Finding out on November 4th -- will be FINDING OUT TOO LATE!
Portal: Election Protection Wiki
Are you really sure?
----- Election Protection Wiki identifies these States as: "where the integrity of the election results is most at-risk."
Here are the Voter Info pages and Verification Links for the at-risk States, identified by Portal: Election Protection Wiki: Arizona Colorado Colorado - Verify Florida Florida - Voting Information Ohio Ohio - Verify Michigan Michigan - Verify Missouri - Voter Information Missouri - Verify Pennsylvania Pennsylvania - Verify Wisconsin - Voter Information Wisconsin - Look up your voter registration ---------------------------
CBS News: New Study Details Massive Voter Roll Purges Underway in At Least 19 States

Among those 19, are a number of battleground states. The report lists: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington, as places where massive purges have recently taken place.

Here are the Voter Info pages and Verification Links for the at-risk States, possibly in contention: Iowa Iowa - Verify Kansas Nebraska Nebraska - Verify New Jersey - Voter Information New Jersey - Verify Nevada Nevada - Verify Oklahoma Oklahoma - Verify Washington Washington - Verify
Here the at-risk States "NOT so Much" in contention: Alabama Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Illinois Massachusetts New York Rhode Island Texas (I'll try to track down the Secretary of State websites and Verification Links, when I get time; and then update the Wiki Election Protection site too, which needs some serious "citizen input" itself.)
Once you find out you're registered -- Don't forget to Vote!
Demand a Paper Ballot, too!
Quit Monkeying Around -- and DO SOMETHING!
If you have the time, Volunteer to be a Poll Watcher, on Election Day -- The People's Democracy -- needs "the People" to get involved. It's time to Take Our Country Back!
(a lot is riding on this Election)

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statedemocracy.org Eqquip you for the 2008 election

by dennis - 10/08/2008 - 01:35
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Good thoughts -- thanks.

by GreyHawk - 10/08/2008 - 01:45
Not 'McSame' -- McWorse.

CBS News reports on the Purge

by jamess - 10/08/2008 - 12:44
Sept. 30, 2008 CBS Evening News Red Flag On Purging Voter Rolls CBS Evening News Investigates Little-Known, Problem-Ridden Process That Could Endanger Your Vote
... The Brennan report calls the nationwide process "chaotic," "shrouded in secrecy", "riddled with inaccuracies", "prone to error" and "vulnerable to manipulation." "What's wrong with the process is it's happening in secret. It's happening with no accountability," Michael Waldman, the center’s executive director, told CBS News. "Officials are making tons of errors, and voters aren't given a chance to correct the errors," he said. Waldman also says some voters will show up on Nov. 4 who are supposed to be registered to vote and will be told they are not listed that way. If that happens, he says, “don't take 'no' for an answer. Cast a provisional ballot and call a voter hotline.” ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/eveningnews/main4490682.shtml

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