[Peace-discuss] Registration and absentee ballot deadlines (fwd)

[Jim Buell]

Good reminder, Paul. Voter registration ends next Tuesday, Oct. 8, in 
Illinois. An important reminder: If you moved since you last registered, 
you ain't registered! And if you live in the Chambana area, you really 
ought to register here - nobody _really_ travels back to their hometown 
just to vote, and darned few actually vote absentee back home.

The Champaign County Clerk's website has a very useful feature that lets 
residents of the county check their voter registration status online. You 
supply your first and last name, birthdate and last 4 digits of social 
security, and the site checks that information against a database and 
displays the result. It's at 
http://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/registrationstatus.asp .

If you're near campus, there's a computer kiosk in the Illini Union 
Building that lets you register to vote automatically. This is the 
equivalent of a motor-voter form - not quite the same as registering 
directly with the county clerk or a deputy registrar, since you'll have to 
verify your identity with photo ID at the polling place on election day 
(i.e., you can't use this registration method if you plan to vote 
absentee). Greens and others are also out registering folks on the Quad all 
this week, and the County Clerk's office (at 1776 E. Washington, way east 
in Urbana) has Saturday hours this week.

Also note that the web-based motor voter forms mentioned in the MoveOn 
email are not valid in Illinois - though they work in just about every 
other state. Just another of the many ways the political hacks in Chicago 
and Springfield make it harder to vote for a candidate of your choice than 
it really oughta be.

peace,
jb
www.carlforcongress.org




At 05:39 PM 10/2/2002 -0500, patton paul wrote:
>Here's an important reminder
>-Paul Patton
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: 2 Oct 2002 21:56:37 -0000
>From: "Wes Boyd, MoveOn PAC" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
>To: Dr. Paul Patton <ppatton at uiuc.edu>
>Subject: Registration and absentee ballot deadlines
>
>Dear MoveOn Member,
>
>Voter registration deadlines are just days away in most states.
>With public attention finally turning to the election, campaigns
>are shifting into high gear.  Now is the time to do your part.
>
>But first and foremost, make sure you are registered to vote.
>If you are not certain, you can contact the registrar of voters
>in your local county office to ask if you are registered. You may
>or may not be registered if you did not vote in the last
>election - different states have different rules about this - so
>please double check now.
>
>If you are not registered, there are several resources that make
>it easy.  Go to the election.com website at
>
>  http://www.newvoter.com/mvon001/entry.asp
>
>or go to the service provided by votenet.com
>
>  https://register.votenet.com/votenet/
>
>Both services help you fill out a standard registration application,
>which you then print out and send in by mail.  Both require Adobe
>Acrobat Reader and a printer.
>
>If you have any trouble with these, or want to request an absentee
>ballot, election.com offers an excellent list of state websites
>and phone numbers for election information.
>
>Press the absentee ballot link at
>
>  http://www.newvoter.com/mvon001/entry.asp
>
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>Time is running out.  Act now.
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>
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