New York
In reply to the discussion: SO I CHECKED MY NY VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS [View all]aggiesal
(9,315 posts)Who you voting for?
Because if it's Bernie that you should fight it.
But if it's Hillary, then you maybe ... just kidding.
Anyway, the reason I ask is that your (2) is classic caging, and it's illegal.
The republicans do it all the time. In my neck of the woods we call it
the Registrar of Voters (ROV).
They get away with it here because the ROV will send out a postcard
requesting you vote by mail, with a yes or no reply (So you're suppose
to send it back regardless). But what they are really trying to determine
if the voter is still at the address listed on the registration.
Their reasoning is that they want to thin out the voter rolls by determining
if the voter still lives at the address on the registration form.
Unfortunately, they never account for lost mail, vacationing residents,
military assignments, college students living at a remote campus ...
There are a whole list of reasons why anyone can not reply to this simple
postcard request for verification, but the outcome is the same, they are
removed from the voter rolls.
The ROV in San Diego, doesn't delete the name off the list. They will place
you on inactive. When we go to the polls, there are basically 3 lists and
each have a different color. At the beginning of the sign-in binder there are
beige colored paper, people listed on this list can only get a provisional ballot.
The white colored paper are voters in good standing and will get a real ballot.
The red colored paper are voters who have become inactive. When you arrive,
you will get a real ballot and when you sign, next election, you will appear in
the white colored (good standing) pages.
If you don't vote twice while your name appears in the inactive, you will move
automatically to the beige color pages, and you can only get a provisional ballot
when you arrive to vote, and your ballot may not be counted.
Eventually, you will be completely removed from the voter rolls, if you stop voting.
That's how I've seen it work in the past.
Keep us informed.
Good Luck.