Registering to Vote...

[Edwina's Secretary]

Thinking it might be too late to vote in California I requested an absentee ballot from Illinois. I did not receive it before leaving so I don't suppose I will. Turns out there is still time to register here.

So I was at the grocery and there was a sidewalk stand registering voters. I thought... worth a try. So I told the guy I had moved here a week ago and had NO identification to show that I lived here. He replied.."Do you have a driver's license?" "Yes, from Illinois." "No problem!"

(He told me I could vote any way I wanted to but he would only get paid if I indicated a certain political party. Typical of them... I guess he won't get paid as I refuse to indicate ANY party....He also told me I had to check "Mrs.".... didn't do that either.... )

So, I am now a registered voter in California...without showing any identification or proof of residency.

And I thought only in Chicago was voting so easy....

Vote early and vote often!

[mugsy]

Well, honestly I'm glad you got registered, but, it's kind of scary that it was that easy.....

And since I've been gone for so long, I didn't even know you moved! Where are you in Cali?

[Uabassoon]

Originally posted by mugsy
Well, honestly I'm glad you got registered, but, it's kind of scary that it was that easy.....

And since I've been gone for so long, I didn't even know you moved! Where are you in Cali?

It didn't use to be that easy, but they had to change some things to make college students elligable to vote. I know that was a concern for me when I first moved out here because I still had a Texas drivers liscence and really had no proof of being an arizona resident.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I too thought it was only this easy in Chicago.

Actually, I remember it being a bit more difficult in Chicago. They absolutely positively needed a minimum of two forms of ID and a credit card didn't count. You had to have two things showing your current address and one of them had to be a state issued ID (either driver's license or ID). I remember it being a problem for me when I first moved here becuase I kept my WI driver's license for at least a year after I got here.

Anyway, glad to here you got registered and glad to hear California is in on the vote early and vote often thing too. Makes you feel a little more at home anyway.

[Barbara]

I have an US American co-worker and he received his ballot these days (he registered online for voting in Florida). The funny thing: In the package of materials there is an envelope in which to put the ballot. On the envelope, big black letters read "secrecy envelope". But the envelope is open, without a lid to close it!

He is now thinking of what happens when he closes that envelope by tape. Maybe the vote is no longer valid?

[RICHARD]

You gave your address to someone standing outside a supermarket???

[christa]

Originally posted by RICHARD
You gave your address to someone standing outside a supermarket???

Ewww!!! That's true! Never thought about it like that . . . I'm sure a lot of people don't. Scary!