Are you registered to vote? Find out instantly

[Qutzupalotl]

Are you registered to vote? At your current address?

Take 1 minute and check instantly if you're registered to vote by filling out the form . . . . If you're not, we'll help you get registered.

http://www.votepoke.org/

(Powered by MoveOn.org Political Action and Catalist)

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If, as Greg Palast claims, thousands of legitimate voters have been purged from the rolls, we need to get this to as many people as possible before the deadline to register.

[Qutzupalotl]

1. Another resource

http://www.canivote.org/

This only has D.C. and 30 states (some only partial) listed.

[tridim]

5. That link says I'm not registered. First time in my life that's been the case.

I'll be verifying this on Monday. Thanks for the link.

[Qutzupalotl]

26. Please let us know what you find out.

A lot of us could be in the same boat.

[intheflow]

32. It said I wasn't registered, either.

Although I just moved, it might not make it into their system yet. But the part I thought was weird was they said if you came up as unregistered, register with them. If I am registered, but then I register again, couldn't that be interpreted by the government as fraudulent? :shrug:

Regardless, I'll be contacting the county clerk on Monday.

[Qutzupalotl]

34. Did you try the other one?

I wasn't able to test http://www.canivote.org, since I'm in Oregon. Did you try http://www.votepoke.org?

[intheflow]

36. Yes, I used votepoke.org. n/t

[Qutzupalotl]

35. I believe you can re-register without penalty.

You can change party affiliation, for example.

Now voting twice, that's illegal.

[intheflow]

37. That makes sense.

Still, I don't want to give them any justification--warranted or otherwise--to disqualify me. Of course, I can't do anything about the electronic voting machines, but that's another story altogether. :banghead:

[intheflow]

42. UPDATE: I called the county clerk today and I'm NOT in their system.

The woman told me they stopped entering new people on July 14 when they underwent a computer upgrade and now they're working to get all those registrations in the new system. She said to call back in a couple weeks and check again. I certainly will--a computer upgrade keeping names from being entered into the system is fishy so close to a national election, imo.

[liberal renegade]

2. link isn't working

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Fixed, thanks.

[dana_b]

4. the first link gives me a Proxy Error but the second works. n/t

[Qutzupalotl]

6. I fixed the link. Please try it now.

[dana_b]

9. thanks!

and I'm registered. whew!

[AzDar]

7. Kick...

:kick:

[Qutzupalotl]

8. Here's a bilingual site to register first-time voters:

http://www.rockthevote.org/

[dana_b]

10. Voter registration deadlines

From Rock The Vote


State Voter Registration Deadline
Alabama Fri, Oct. 24
Alaska Sun, Oct. 5 (postmark by Sat, Oct. 4)
Arizona Mon, Oct. 6
Arkansas Mon, Oct. 6
California Mon, Oct. 20
Colorado Mon, Oct. 6
Connecticut Tues, Oct. 21
Delaware Sat, Oct. 11
District of Columbia Mon, Oct. 6
Florida Mon, Oct. 6
Georgia Mon, Oct. 6
Hawaii Mon, Oct. 6
Idaho Register at Polls
Illinois Tues, Oct. 7
Indiana Mon, Oct. 6
Iowa Fri, Oct. 24
Kansas Mon, Oct. 20
Kentucky Mon, Oct. 6
Louisiana Mon, Oct. 6
Maine Tue, Oct. 21
Maryland Tue, Oct. 14
Massachusetts Wed, Oct. 15
Michigan Mon, Oct. 6
Minnesota Same Day Registration at polling place
Mississippi Mon, Oct. 6
Missouri Wed, Oct. 8
Montana Mon, Oct. 6 (or same day at elections office)
Nebraska Fri, Oct. 24 (mail by Fri, Oct. 17)
Nevada Tue, Oct. 14
New Hampshire Same Day
New Jersey Tues, Oct. 14
New Mexico Tues, Oct. 7
New York Fri, Oct. 10
North Carolina Fri, Oct. 10
North Dakota N/A
Ohio Mon, Oct. 6
Oklahoma Fri, Oct. 10
Oregon Tue, Oct. 14
Pennsylvania Mon, Oct. 6
Rhode Island Sat, Oct. 4
South Carolina Sat, Oct. 4
South Dakota Mon, Oct. 20
Tennessee Mon, Oct. 6
Texas Mon, Oct. 6
Utah Mon, Oct. 6 or in person Tue, Oct. 28
Vermont Wed, Oct. 29
Virginia Mon, Oct. 6
Washington Mon, Oct. 4 (or Mon, Oct. 20 in person)
West Virginia Wed, Oct. 15
Wisconsin Wed, Oct. 15 (or on Election Day at polling place)
Wyoming Can register at polls

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Thanks for posting that!

We have about 4 weeks in most places. That should be plenty of time to right some of the wrongs perpetrated by the Right.

I have a feeling I'll be posting this again closer to the deadlines...

[demokatgurrl]

11. Kicking because this is so important. n/t

[FloridaJudy]

13. I'm registered

They better not drop me! I've voted in every Presidential election since 1968. I did send an e-mail to my son to check his. Great resource - thanks.

[bleever]

14. Worked for me; K&R.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. K&R

Especially for neighboring OH folks! :kick:

I was at a local supermarket near me yesterday afternoon and a voter registration table had been setup there (and people were signing up as I left), so more are still coming!

[Barack_America]

16. Excellent resource!

And yea, I'm registered! :D

K&R

[Agent William]

17. K&R

Ok, I have to remember this link.

Thanks

[Happyhippychick]

18. K&R

[Zombie2]

19. Yep! K&R

Thanks for posting this.... I'm going to forward the link to everyone on my mailing list.

[musicblind]

20. Awesome! I am still registered and it is great to know for sure!

Great resource! Thank you for posting! :) !

[Bonn1997]

22. I thought I was registered but

it says I'm not. I thought I registered about 2 months ago when I moved and they mailed me a voter registration ID card, but I wasn't certain if I then needed to do something with that card or if everything was finished. Should I mail in the printout from votepoke's website? I hate waiting like 15 min on lines or on the phone and the idea of calling to find out seems like a pain but I'll do it if I have to.

[Qutzupalotl]

23. Is there more than one way to type your address?

Apartment #, etc.? That would be my first guess. I don't know how sophisticated their checker is. You might have to type it exactly as it appears on your registration card. It's worth checking into.

[Bonn1997]

28. I don't think there is

Good thought though. I'm not in a state that's up for grabs (Alabama) but I'd still like to impact the popular vote. I'll make phone calls until I can figure out how to check my status.

[2008]

21. "We need your email address so that you can see which of your friends have registered."

Does that make sense to anyone?

[Qutzupalotl]

25. I found this on their FAQ page:

*What happens when I poke my friends?

When you invite your friends to use VotePoke, we'll send a short email to them including your personalized message. When you poke friends who aren't registered to vote or haven't checked their registration status, we'll send them a short reminder email to encourage them to get registered.

*Why do you need my email address?

We need your email address so that you can see which of your friends have registered. We also may need it to tell you your voter registration status if we're not immediately able to verify it. You won't be added to any mailing lists unless you explicitly ask to be.

*Will you keep my friends' email addresses?

We'll only email your friends when you tell us to. Once they check their voter registration status, we'll encourage them to invite their friends too, to make sure that every eligible voter is registered to vote.

*Can I opt out of getting further emails from VotePoke?

You can unsubcribe from all further VotePoke emails at any time by clicking the link that appears at the bottom of every VotePoke email.
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So they could have better worded the part you quoted, IMO. :)

[Whisp]

24. THIS SHOULD BE STICKIED!

please, someone who knows Skinner well enough, please ask him to have this at the top of every page on DU.

[Qutzupalotl]

27. One more kick.... We must spread the word. n/t

[BlueIdaho]

29. Cool but

It would be nice if they had a privacy statement. What are they going to do with all the email and physical addresses?

[Chan790]

30. They do...under FAQ.

They don't save them or subscribe you to any list-servers unless you agree (the check-box at the bottom of the form.)...they use the info to cross-check against voter registration databases. They need your email so they can send you voter-registration confirmation information (i.e. the phone number for your local registrar of voters) or information to register if they cannot immediately confirm you are registered.

It's also an https:// so it's secured/encrypted so that your information can't be stolen or hacked in transmission.

[BlueIdaho]

33. I'm sorry I missed that - thank you! nt.

[democrattotheend]

31. Wow, that is an AWESOME tool

Kudos to whoever thought of that. I have encountered a lot of people who were not sure...and people can also use this to confirm if a new registration went through. I am really excited about this tool!

[City Lights]

38. I'm somebody!

Thanks for the link. :-)

[Frumious B]

39. The site coudn't find me.

However, I just moved in May and I know I'm covered because I was able to vote in the Georgia Democratic primary for Senate and the subsequent runoff.

[bigwillq]

40. It can't figure out if I'm registered.

:shrug:

[Whisp]

41. kick