Verify that you are Registered

[chrisclub]

I suspect this varies by state.
Please fill-in what you know

In CA

How do you verify that you are registered?
-online:
-by phone:
-in person:

How do you register?
-online:
-by phone:
-in person:

It would be great to publish this information as widely as possible in all states.

I suspect you can visit a post office or library to register... but how do you verify?

Is there a way by phone or on-line to do either, or both?


Thanks

[mike_c]

1. the league of women voters registers folks where I work....

Thank you League of Women Voters!

[bananas]

2. Don't know if this works for CA

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=446050&mesg_id=446060

[bbinacan]

3. Here in NC you

can verify on line.

[AZBlue]

4. New voter cards were just sent out here in AZ - and I think other states

I just got mine last week and thought I saw a couple of other DU'ers mention the same thing. Check if it's true in your state - if it is and you don't get one, there's a place to start!

[Igel]

5. Texas, Harris county

The easiest way to confirm that you're registered is the voter registration card that they send out every year or two. Easiest because it arrives in your mailbox, unbidden.

The second easiest is to go to a website and plug in your name. I found out there are two of me in Houston (big town), one where I live and another in Baytown. Turns out there really are two of us--same first and last name.

You register by mail or in person; if you don't provide sufficient proof of identity with the registration form you're required to present sufficient proof the first time you vote. You may be able to get the forms in a variety of places, but you mail them.

The other option is motor voter. You get your driver's license, they ask if you want to register. When I went, there were four windows open. I didn't hear anybody asking if people should register until a Latino went up; all the others were white. Then the girl behind the counter, and her colleagues, asked if he wanted to register. He said no, and they harangued him to register as a dem until he did so--it was his right, his vote mattered, etc. I got to the counter to get my license and was about to leave when I turned around and asked if I could register to vote. The woman looked offended, and said if I wanted to, she could do so. I told her I wanted to. It clearly irritated her, even though she was the one that asked the Latino. She made a few keystrokes and said it was done. She never asked for party affiliation. I didn't press the point.

Then sometime before the election I checked to see if I was registered. I wasn't. So I mailed in the form, and got the confirmation card in the mail a few weeks later.

[TankLV]

6. The best way is to keep on voting in ALL elections.

At least, that's how me and my partner have done it.

Call the local elections commission - it should be in the phone book in the front cover part...

[karlrschneider]

7. Here in Oklahoma we can call or visit any local election board.

There are, as far as I know, no automatic 'drops' from the rolls, but I vote in every election so
that's something I wouldn't really know about. I should check, though. One thing I do know is that
it varies GREATLY from state to state and it behooves everyone to make sure. Good reminder.

[Diego360]

8. For Washington State

https://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/lookup.aspx