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In reply to the discussion: Steve Bannon registered to vote in two states despite Trump's cries of 'voter fraud' [View all]karynnj
(61,056 posts)18. It is interesting as USA.gov, says that when you register in your new state after a move, the
election office you registered at sends a form to take you off the rolls at your prior home.
When You Should Re-Register or Update Your Registration Information
Anytime youve changed your name
Anytime youve moved permanently
You cant be registered to vote in more than one place at a time. When you register to vote in a new location, youll be asked for your previous address. Your new election office will send a cancellation form to your previous election office.
https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote#item-212825
Anytime youve changed your name
Anytime youve moved permanently
You cant be registered to vote in more than one place at a time. When you register to vote in a new location, youll be asked for your previous address. Your new election office will send a cancellation form to your previous election office.
One observation I have as someone who moved about 4 years ago - and immediately registered to vote. I know that they did ask the address we moved from (along with county and State). Neither my husband or I checked to see if Burlington VT and Morris County NJ correctly issued and processed the cancellation. But, there is no voter fraud unless we voted in NJ -- which we didn't.
No process is 100% perfect, so I would guess that there are some people who are registered in two places because the system failed - even though they did exactly what the government said above. In addition, I KNOW, that there were people on the voter lists who had died because phone banking that I think was done from the voters list in NJ contained people who moved or in some awkward cases had passed.
When Trump does his study, we need to be sure that only REAL invalid voting is counted. There is a huge difference in finding that there are errors in the voting rolls and voter fraud. I have voted in three states - Indiana, NJ and VT -- in all three I would assume that REAL fraud with people voting as people they are not is likely pretty low. The districts are pretty small and there is a significant risk that if someone (say knowing the name and address of someone who recently died) trying to vote as them. It is very likely that someone would actually know the decedent who would hear the person claiming to be them. This would be voting fraud and would be a crime -- and any instance would have gotten huge coverage. Yet, how many stories did you see?
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Steve Bannon registered to vote in two states despite Trump's cries of 'voter fraud' [View all]
DonViejo
Jan 2017
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Spicer just admitted they will be tarageting "big" states (i.e. blue states)
lagomorph777
Jan 2017
#35
I pretend holding politicians to the very standards they set is bullshit too.
LanternWaste
Jan 2017
#21
Yep it's up to the local voting districts to ensure those who move away are taken off the rolls
yeoman6987
Jan 2017
#22
But Bannon got a new registration, at an address he apparently doesn't live at
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2017
#23
It is interesting as USA.gov, says that when you register in your new state after a move, the
karynnj
Jan 2017
#18
Please someone ask Spice-Boy today if this counts as voter fraud. Get his statement on the record.
randome
Jan 2017
#20
Income taxes? Before the election Bannon was registered to vote in CA & FL.
CaptainTruth
Jan 2017
#33