Don't forget to vote!

[micki76]

Originally posted by luckies4me
Well it's kinda hard to vote if you don't know about it. You would think they would have it all over the news and what not but I have seen nothing of the sort and nothing in the mail.

It's always the first Tuesday in November.

[babolaypo65]

Done!

[AmberLee]

With my work schedule I've signed up automatically to vote via absentee ballot. *blush* At my "new" home, I've had trouble getting off work in time to find the polling place and get there in time to vote. Also, I find I enjoy spreading the brochures/pamphlets out all over the dining room table and taking my time to compare comments/positions at my leisure...

The only drawback is to guarantee that it will get in in time means mailing it back a week prior to the election... and before a lot of the brochures actually arrive.

Luckies -- if you didn't get a voter's package in the mail with a sample ballot I think it means either there is no election in your area or that you're no longer registered to vote. You might want to check with your local registrar of voters, just to be sure. They purge the voting rolls every so often.

Micki76 -- I think it's a little weirder than that. I think it's the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, so that the possible election dates are Tuesday 2 November through Tuesday 8 November. [Wierd the trivia I pick up over the years...]

[micki76]

Originally posted by AmberLee
With my work schedule I've signed up automatically to vote via absentee ballot. *blush* At my "new" home, I've had trouble getting off work in time to find the polling place and get there in time to vote. Also, I find I enjoy spreading the brochures/pamphlets out all over the dining room table and taking my time to compare comments/positions at my leisure...

The only drawback is to guarantee that it will get in in time means mailing it back a week prior to the election... and before a lot of the brochures actually arrive.

Luckies -- if you didn't get a voter's package in the mail with a sample ballot I think it means either there is no election in your area or that you're no longer registered to vote. You might want to check with your local registrar of voters, just to be sure. They purge the voting rolls every so often.

Micki76 -- I think it's a little weirder than that. I think it's the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, so that the possible election dates are Tuesday 2 November through Tuesday 8 November. [Wierd the trivia I pick up over the years...]

You get brochures and pamphlets and stuff? On the candidates? We don't get anything of the sort here. How interesting and helpful!

I didn't know that about the dates. I love to learn new stuff, cool.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by Freckles
Oregon is strictly Vote by Mail. I returned my completed ballot a week ago. Not much to vote on and possibly no ballot at all in Eugene.

Ok. I am from California and haven't been here too long. I didn't see anything in the mail, like I usually do. Dan came home today and said we had nothing to vote for so now I feel better.

[Vio&Juni]

I heard that in the States, people convicted for any fellony lose the right to vote forever, is it right?

[lizbud]

Vio & juni,


I thought it was determined on a state by state basis. Anyone
convicted of a felony loses their constitional rights while in prison
and until after the probation period is over. I wasn't sure so I
looked it up . Here's a link I found that explains it somewhat.

http://www.ncpa.org/iss/gov/2002/pd101702b.html

[Vio&Juni]

I couldn't open the link, I'll try tomorrow morning again.

Well, I thought it's kind of violation of one's human rights to be left without the right to vote for the entire life. To me, as you pay for you fellony with some years of your life, you should be considered a normal person again and be given the same rights as others.
But, with the law in the US, I would not be surprised and I mean the capital punishment. No offence to anyone.