Weird, weird stuff

[MichaelHarris]

I know this has been discussed but I just checked me and my wife's voter status for Washington state and it says no record found. We both have voter registration cards and we always vote. Anyone know why we aren't showing up on the online database now? We've lived here in the same place for 10 years, why have we been "purged"? It now says we missed the online registration.

[57_TomCat]

1. Are your papers in order???

Ve haf ways to insure your compliance. :D

[MichaelHarris]

2. LOL

my papers are always in order

[uppityperson]

29. Where did you check? Some online sites are iffy. Try here...

http://www.canivote.org/

[SheilaT]

3. Is it too late to register any other way

besides on-line?

If so, plan on showing up at your polling place and make sure they give you a provisional ballot.

Who knows why you were purged. I'd suggest visiting your local election board and discussing it with the highest level employee there you can get to speak with you, preferably the person who actually runs the entire operation. Bring all of your documentation along. Meanwhile, to repeat myself, if you can still register do so immediately.

[MichaelHarris]

6. I think

I read where I can go somewhere and register by the 20th but I still wonder why my wife and I were removed. I'm going to have some of my neighbors check theirs tomorrow.

[Voice for Peace]

14. I read another WA poster earlier here tonight who made the same discovery.

something going on there.

[Boo Boo]

15. Here's some info for your State

http://www.866ourvote.org/state?id=0030

Looks like you might have missed the deadline. You might want to call your Registrar of Voters directly; perhaps there's something wrong with the online database app. There's a hot line number at the web site (1-866-OUR-VOTE) to report any shenanigans. Not sure what they would do about being purged, but it might be worth reporting it anyway. They're a group of lawyers that are trying to fight back against this kind of thing.

Saw an article the other day that 19 States have been engaging in voter roll purges even though we are well inside the 90 day guideline. They aren't supposed to be doing it, but they are, and your State was listed as one of the 19.

Have you tried this one? https://www.voteforchange.com/ I used this app to look myself up a couple days ago, and at first it failed to find me. It requested some additional personal info and did the search again, and it succeeded.

Hope this gets cleared up for ya. Unbelievable the kind of shit going on in this country these days.

[bertman]

32. How can you "miss the deadline" if you're a long-time registered voter?

[Boo Boo]

36. If you get purged, you've been summarily unregistered.

The way I read the rules you get until the 20th to register if you are a new resident of WA, but otherwise can only register up until 30 days before an election. Of course, the OP shouldn't have to be doing this at all.

It's outrageous.

[eppur_se_muova]

37. Thanks for the voteforchange link!

I verified my reg'n -- still haven't received mine by mail -- and found my polling loc'n on google map from that link!

[SheilaT]

21. I was listening just an hour or two ago

to my local (Santa Fe, NM) community radio station, KSFR, and I think it was Counterspin. A discussion was going on about dropping people from the voter registration lists, and said that in some states they will drop people if there's not a perfect match with driver's license and voter registration and maybe something else. Which means, I believe, things like if you have your middle initial in one place and not in another. They are NOT supposed to be doing that kind of cross-checking, from what I understood, but of course it's being done.

It would be interesting if you can find out exactly why you and your wife were dropped, but meanwhile get registered again. And request an advance ballot, if you can in your state.

[lligrd]

4. My Guess Is You Were Registered With The Wrong Party nt

[MichaelHarris]

5. I've been

registered as a Democrat for 33 years. Never committed a crime, well not an OJ crime anyway.

[lligrd]

7. Wrong Party, I Knew It

I better check mine quick.

[MichaelHarris]

8. lol

I'm going to the campaign headquarters tomorrow and see if this is common in Washington state. DU might also consider a database to see where else it's happening.

[eridani]

33. There IS no registration by party in WA state

Are you talking about DC, perhaps?

[Suich]

9. I have voted absentee for the last 8 years.

I don't know how you vote on the other side of the state...is it with touch screens?

Sounds like you've been purged. I know they did it in Whatcom county (Sequoia) in 2004 for the governor's race. I thought things had been cleaned up but maybe not.

:shrug:

[MichaelHarris]

10. I'm in Whitman Co

and we used these big punch things if I remember correctly.

[Suich]

11. Ah...the hanging chad machines!

I hope you're able to vote.

Do you have any idea if other Democratic voters in Whitman Co.(your friends/ neighborhood) have been purged?

[orleans]

12. michael, call and check with the office itself

i was not listed on our 'online' system so i called to see wtf was up. their 'system' wasn't completed yet. the woman looked me up and yes, i was in the clear--but the 'online' business was too much for them to handle apparently.

[chknltl]

13. I had similar issue, I reregestered (+Link)

I re-registered via this link (below) yesterday before deadline. I'll be checking Monday to be sure that my re-registration took effect. Accdg. to this we have a little more time to present our case in person if needs-be:
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/register.aspx

[Voice for Peace]

16. that's a beautiful pic.

[chknltl]

17. Thank you, I think so too. Fellow DUer ColbertWatcher found it....

It 'spoke to me' when I first saw it, ColbertWatcher adjusted it a bit and let me use it. Here is the original as it was found by ColbertWatcher:

It is larger and imo filled with even more emotion. ColbertWatcher lightened the version I use in my sig line so the child's smile wouldn't disappear when it was shrunk. I use it as a constant reminder to myself, what it is we all fight for.

[Voice for Peace]

20. The kid reminds me so much of pictures of Barack when he was little.

And seeing it that way, I thought, maybe that's what he saw too, he saw himself there in that little boy, and that's why his eyes are closed, it's like a prayer, there's something powerful going on in his heart.

[blogslut]

18. Try searching by VUID

The number on your/her voter registration card.

I am in Texas and searched first for mine with my name, address and date of birth. The searchy thing said "No record".

Then I searched with my VUID and the searchy thing found me - name, address and everything.

[MichaelHarris]

25. Where is the

VUID site?

[tpsbmam]

19. Call the Democratic Party -- don't wait. They need to know this is going

on. I have to assume that they have attorneys working on this like they did in 2004.

[MichaelHarris]

22. UPDATE

After checking my wife wasn't purged, only me. We've owned the same home for 10 years. There is no reason I should have been purged!

DU really should consider a database for people in the 19 states to show they've been purged. I'm going to the election board people first thing in the morning.

[lumberjack_jeff]

26. When I checked mine, it said that I wasn't found.

I tried again using my legal name instead of "Jeff" and presto.

Is this a possible explanation?

[babylonsister]

31. Here's another DUer from WA - same thing...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7317954

[annabanana]

23. Are you in some data bases with a middle initial and some without?

Does the Mrs sometimes include her maiden name in official places, and sometimes not? These discrepancies have been used to ddrop people from the rolls... in droves... and in violation of Federal Law.

I would go down in person, if possible to get back in the book. If not possible, insist on filling out a "provisional ballot" on Election Day and FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP

see CBS article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/eveningnews/main4490682.shtml?source=search_story

[MichaelHarris]

24. My card does have a middle initial

but there is no place to enter that in the online database.

[uppityperson]

27. Check THIS site as another one is glitchy.

http://www.canivote.org/
Then call tomorrow and double check with election people or your county office.

[Imagevision]

28. Election fraud is Mccain's only shot at the title...

[1776Forever]

30. Legal voters thrown off rolls - Ariticle from USA Today - May help.....

Legal voters thrown off rolls

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-01-voting-rolls_N.htm

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
Five years after passage of a federal law to create electronic registration databases to deter voter fraud, the new technology is posing hurdles that could disenfranchise thousands of legal voters, a USA TODAY examination finds.

From Florida to Washington, voters have been challenged because names or numbers on their registration forms did not exactly match other government databases, such as Social Security and motor vehicle agencies. "We know that eligible people have been thrown off the rolls," says Justin Levitt, a lawyer with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

(snip)

Perhaps the worst problems are in Florida, where a Gannett News Service analysis found more than 14,000 people whose voter registrations were disputed by the state because they didn't match other databases; about 75% are minorities. A federal district court ruled last month that the state couldn't deny registrations based on database matching.

Federal officials say the system is evolving — and improving. "Even with the top-notch best database in the world, you're still going to have human error," says Thomas Wilkey, the election commission's executive director.

...........

Ridiculous! Hope you find out what happen to you and your wifes records. Odd you both got kicked off the rolls. Did you recently retire on Social Security or move? Just a thought. I would ask my Congressman's office to look into this.

[and-justice-for-all]

34. I am good here in Indiana..

http://www.canivote.org/

[RFKJrNews]

35. Please check out these two helpful sites on election fraud scams in 08

RFK Jr & Greg Palast: http://stealbackyourvote.org (non-partisan)

More info at: http://rfkjrforpresident.com/2008/09/29/kennedy-palast-steal-back-your-vote/

RFK Jr. is also involved in a Democratic party project to stop this fraud at http://Novoterleftbehind.net

Please read this important message from RFK Jr. on what the Repubs have planned for you this November:

http://rfkjrforpresident.com/2008/08/30/a-message-from-robert-f-kennedy-jr-on-election-fraud/

And how you can protect youself before going to the polling place:

http://rfkjrforpresident.com/2008/09/27/is-your-vote-safe/