Side stepping caging lists.

[Froward69]

Everyone is concerned about caging lists and the ability of foreclosed persons to vote... (6.5 million possibly more.)
I just read an article about keeping this from happening.
http://headonradionetwork.com/blog/2008/08/13/how-to-get-around-caging-lists-opinion/

it occurs to me we at DU have a responsibility to help these people to vote while politely asking them to vote democratic.
(keep the republicans from stealing another one...)

I have just posted on Craigslist how to check and to get registered here in Colorado

Don't let the fascists keep you from voting! check here to see if they have removed you or anyone else you know from the voter rolls.

http://www.sos.state.co.us/Voter/voterHome.do

then go here to retrieve a new voter registration form...

http://www.elections.colorado.gov/WWW/default/Clerks%20Corner/SOS%20Approved%20Forms/2007_forms/2007_voter_registration_english_fillable.pdf

and to be sure your vote counts go here to request a mail in ballot...

http://www.elections.colorado.gov/admin/LogReportingManagement/LinkClick.aspx?table=Links&field=ItemID&id=2489&link=Clerks+Corner%2fSOS+Approved+Forms%2f2007_forms%2fapproved_mail-in_ballot_application_color_7_11_07.pdf

It can be found at
http://denver.craigslist.org/rnr/838275249.html

I obtained Colorado's info from the Colorado (state) Democratic party's website...
http://www.coloradodems.org/


Now it seems to me if everyone from all states researched where to obtain this information and post to graigslist and or other ways of distribution. (And keep reposting) If you could please post that info for your state here as reply's we could build a quick DU reference to aid in helping all to vote.


Please recommend as this is damn Important...

[Froward69]

1. I guess I am asking for help

as I cannot do it alone...

[trudyco]

2. This is great! Will Moveon or Common Cause or Obama

Be spearheading a drive to make sure everyone is still registered? Seems like the logical groups. How many states are online like Colorado? They could just check Dems on their list. But as I recall the caging in '04 was not de-registration only. It involved sending letters to addresses and claiming any returned ones were invalid or claiming somebody was a felon and caging them that way.

I don't know how you prevent that.

[Froward69]

6. i do not know

However if everyone looked up their own state we could get this going as time is running out. insofar as felons check your name anyway and see.. remember in FLA 2000 and 2004 voters were purged because their names were LIKE felons...
as they were not felons yet they were still not allowed to vote.

[mak3cats]

7. Here's a link sponsored by MoveOn...

...where anyone can check to see if they're registered.

https://www.votepoke.org/index.html

[Froward69]

8. right on

thats a good one i will be checking myself in a minute... still if we could cover all states individually, it would be majestic.

[Froward69]

10. asside

from having to give your email thats ok I guess. it does not render anything other than yes you are registered. here in Colorado that reply given includes your registration and where you can go on election day.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. .

[knixphan]

4. Kick for 'damn good idea!'

:yourock:

[LonelyLRLiberal]

5. Glad to give you 5th rec. - Nice work.

[mak3cats]

9. Links for Florida, New Jersey, New York and Ohio...

I recently wrote an article on the importance of voting in our company newsletter, so I already had this handy:

Florida Division of Elections: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/ or toll-free at 1-866-308-6739. Registration deadline for the general election is October 6, 2008.

New Jersey Department of State: http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/vote_doe.html or toll-free at 1-877-658-6837 (NJVOTER). Registration deadline for the general election is October 14, 2008.

New York State Board of Elections: http://www.elections.state.ny.us/Voting.html or toll-free at 1-800-367-8683 (FOR VOTE). Registration deadline for the general election is October 10, 2008.

Ohio Secretary of State: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/voter.aspx or toll-free at 1-877-767-6446. Registration deadline for the general election is October 6, 2008.

[Froward69]

11. Thank you I hope to accumulate a list

of all 50 states to post later and all over the net... this is pressing as i read every day how the GOP is trying to keep people whom their economy has run over to not get a chance to complain at the ballot box.

[mak3cats]

13. I have to go now (leave work, that is)...

...but I'll try to get back to this later this evening at home. It shouldn't be too difficult to Google all the info we need. Thanks!

[mak3cats]

12. K & R for importance... (n/t)

[Stuart G]

14. K and R again........nt

[Froward69]

15. NEED MORE STATES!!!

Ive got
Ohio
Colorado
New York
New Jersey
and Florida...

NEED more States please look yours up...

[ProgressiveEconomist]

16. LINK to the multi-state "Voter Resources" page of the Natl Assn of Secretaries of State is

http://nass.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=205 .

There's a pull-down menu to get state-specific info.

[Froward69]

17. sweeet!!!

Thank you BTW!!!

[mak3cats]

18. Website with a wealth of information...

...provided by the League of Women Voters. Includes registration info, deadlines, polling places, etc...

http://www.vote411.org/

[mak3cats]

19. Links for AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CT...

AL:
http://www.sos.state.al.us/Elections/VoterReg.aspx

AK:
http://www.elections.alaska.gov/voting.php

AZ:
http://www.azsos.gov/election/voterregistration.htm

AR:
http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/elections.html#voter_info

CA:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm

CT:
http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=415810

[lonestarnot]

21. Thanks mak3cats! Bmking!

[lonestarnot]

20. And how do we locate people who have been forclosed?

Tons and tons and tons of people here in AZ.

[mak3cats]

22. From what I gather, as long as they're still living at the address...

...they remain eligible to vote. It takes a while to actually kick someone out of their house, so hopefully these unfortunate people will go vote these bastards out.

[lonestarnot]

27. Most cases 90 days isn't it?

[mak3cats]

30. At the least, I would think...

Most of these banks don't want to take over the properties, because then they're responsible for the taxes, upkeep, etc. With the current slowdown in home purchasing, lenders are more likely to try to make deals with the delinquent homeowners rather than repossessing houses they can't resell.

[abumbyanyothername]

24. Location

OP is saying get the word out -- Craigslist, Shopping Malls, etc. Essentially a second massive voter registration drive.

[lonestarnot]

28. Yes! good!

Will pass along here tomorrow morning! And get on it!

[mak3cats]

23. Links for DE, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IO, KS, and KY...

DE:
http://elections.delaware.gov/services/voter/voter.shtml

GA:
http://sos.georgia.gov/Elections/#

HI:
http://hawaii.gov/elections/voters/

ID:
http://www.idahovotes.gov/vinfo.htm

IL:
http://www.elections.state.il.us/votinginformation/Register.aspx

IN:
http://www.indianavoters.com/PublicSite/PublicMain.aspx

IO:
http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/voterreg/reg_to_vote.html

KS:
http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_registration.html

KY:
http://www.elect.ky.gov/register.htm

[mak3cats]

25. Links for LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, and MT...

LA:
http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/457/Default.aspx

ME:
http://maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voter_info/index.html

MD:
http://www.elections.state.md.us/voter_registration/index.html

MA:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/sec/ele/eleidx.htm

MI:
http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633-49313--,00.html

MN:
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=204

MS:
http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/elections.asp

MO:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default.asp?id=voter

MT:
http://sos.mt.gov/elb/voter_information.asp

[mak3cats]

26. Links for NE, NV, NH, NM, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, and RI

NE:
http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/

NV:
http://sos.state.nv.us/elections/voter/

NH:
http://www.sos.nh.gov/register%20and%20run.html

NM:
http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-VoterReg.html

NC:
http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/Default.aspx?s=0

ND: (There is no voter registration required in ND)
http://www.nd.gov/sos/electvote/voting/voter-qualifi.html

OK:
http://www.ok.gov/~elections/voterreg.html

OR:
http://www.oregonvotes.org/HAVA/elect_q_a/voter_reg/voter_reg.html

PA:
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/voting/

RI:
http://www.elections.state.ri.us/registration/intro.htm

[mak3cats]

29. Links for SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI and WY

SC:
http://www.scvotes.org/

SD:
http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/electionsvoteregistration_overview.shtm

TN:
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/registration.htm

TX:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/index.shtml

UT:
http://elections.utah.gov/index.html

VT:
http://www.vermont-elections.org/elections1/registertovote.html

VA:
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Voter_Information/Index.html

WA:
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/

WV:
http://www.wvsos.com/elections/candidates/electionpages.htm#Voting

WI:
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/faq_wisconsin_voting_elections.html

WY:
http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Elections.aspx

[mak3cats]

31. Now that that's done, some observations...

Some state websites were more helpful than others, and some made it almost difficult to maneuver around to get information. I found the great majority of these sites offered all of the following:

1. How to see if you are registered.
2. How to register, including qualifications, forms, deadlines, etc.
3. How to locate your polling place.

There were a few that referred the voter to their county boards of elections for some info, particularly polling places.

A really good all-around site (already mentioned upthread) is provided by the League of Women Voters. Pretty much anything a voter (or potential voter) needs to know can be found here:

http://www.vote411.org/

[bettyellen]

32. kick + a thank you!

so i can copy a few links saturday...

[mak3cats]

33. Kick for a new day... (n/t)