Are You Registered?

[Corinna]

Ditto for me . I have one kid regerstered one not. can't figure out why she doesn't.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Ditto for me. I insisted that my kids register too when they turned 18.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Well, I was registered until I moved two months ago. I need to go reregister soon! I've voted in almost all the elections since I was old enough to vote.

I figure you shouldn't complain about the government untless you do your part to form it.

[Fender963]

I don't know about most states but I'm pretty sure that when you get your driver's license at 18 you are automatically registered to vote, or is it that you are automatically forced to register for a draft if it were to happen?

[cali]

I didn´t even know there was a new Prime Minister until last summer

there is a new one again lol paul martin is gone and Harper is in.

and I am 18 and not registered to vote, not interested.

[jackie]

there is a new one again lol paul martin is gone and Harper is in.

and I am 18 and not registered to vote, not interested.

OMG! Jean Chretien was PM FOREVER, now two new guys in the blink of the eye?

I leave the country and everything just falls to bits.

[king2005]

OMG! Jean Chretien was PM FOREVER, now two new guys in the blink of the eye?

I leave the country and everything just falls to bits.

There aren't 2 new guys. It was Chretien (for about 11yrs) & as of Jan 2006 its Harper.

[Cataholic]

I don't know about most states but I'm pretty sure that when you get your driver's license at 18 you are automatically registered to vote, or is it that you are automatically forced to register for a draft if it were to happen?

It has been a long time since I aquired my license, but, I think it is still possible to acquire one at 16, 2 years before one is given the right to vote. And, two years before one could be 'drafted'. So, I don't think that is the case. I think it is possible to register to vote at the same time you renew your license, once 18, but, I don't think it is automatic. As for the 'draft'...I don't think the US has one any longer....but, I think males upon attaining the age of 18 are required to register with the selective service.

As for voting....it is a RIGHT, not an obligation. While I am registered to vote, and I do vote, I don't think anyone HAS to do it, if they feel some reason otherwise. Here, in my county, the jury duty is tied into the voter registration in the county. So, if you are not registered, you won't be called for jury duty. That might be a reason in and of itself NOT to register!

[CathyBogart]

Yeah, I'm registered.

[lady_zana]

It has been a long time since I aquired my license, but, I think it is still possible to acquire one at 16, 2 years before one is given the right to vote. And, two years before one could be 'drafted'. So, I don't think that is the case. I think it is possible to register to vote at the same time you renew your license, once 18, but, I don't think it is automatic. As for the 'draft'...I don't think the US has one any longer....but, I think males upon attaining the age of 18 are required to register with the selective service.

As for voting....it is a RIGHT, not an obligation. While I am registered to vote, and I do vote, I don't think anyone HAS to do it, if they feel some reason otherwise. Here, in my county, the jury duty is tied into the voter registration in the county. So, if you are not registered, you won't be called for jury duty. That might be a reason in and of itself NOT to register!

Not any longer..........jury duty is also tied to having phone numbers. Even if you never register to vote, you can be called to jury duty by having a land line phone. Many states also put your name in for jury duty, I believe, for having a valid drivers' lisence.

They stopped making jury duty tied only to voting several decades ago because people stopped registering to vote so they wouldn't have to get called on jury duty.

[Cataholic]

Not any longer..........jury duty is also tied to having phone numbers. Even if you never register to vote, you can be called to jury duty by having a land line phone. Many states also put your name in for jury duty, I believe, for having a valid drivers' lisence.

They stopped making jury duty tied only to voting several decades ago because people stopped registering to vote so they wouldn't have to get called on jury duty.

Where I live, in Hamilton County, it is tied to voter registration. Not land lines. I wouldn't ever be picked to serve..I don't have a land line, and I am registered!