Update 2: I'm unpurged - Democratic Underground

MichaelHarris

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Mon Oct-06-08 02:55 PM
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Update 2: I'm unpurged

Edited on Mon Oct-06-08 02:56 PM by MichaelHarris

original post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4172342

I just got off the phone with the election people and I had been purged from voting. I wasn't involved with OJ or anything like that, it was my birth date. They had the 27th and it should have been the 23rd. I asked the lady if purging was supposed to be going on this late in the game and she said there have been a lot of problems. I'm in a sparsely populated county and I wonder how many others were affected.

I can't say this enough, go here and check your status: http://www.canivote.org/

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Eric J in MN

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Mon Oct-06-08 02:57 PM
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1. We need a law against purging voters during the year before a federal election.

And requiring people to be phoned multiple times if they're purged in the other alternating year.

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MichaelHarris

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Mon Oct-06-08 03:04 PM
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2. Eric

I think I read where there is a law but they are somehow skirting it.

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emlev

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Mon Oct-06-08 03:40 PM
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7. There is such a law, and it's being violated.

Check out this article on The BRAD BLOG.

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Eric J in MN

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Mon Oct-06-08 03:50 PM
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8. Thanks. The report said there is a 90 day rule which is being ignored.

We should have a one-year rule with an enforcement mechanism.

Allow personal lawsuits and criminal prosecution of anyone involved in a voter purge during the year before an election.

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Suich

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Mon Oct-06-08 03:20 PM
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3. Good news!

Did the woman tell you why they were having so many problems, especially in such a sparsely populated county?

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MichaelHarris

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Mon Oct-06-08 03:22 PM
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4. no and

although she was very nice you could tell i5 was something she didn't want to talk about.

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drmeow

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Mon Oct-06-08 03:29 PM
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5. If you live in Arizona, this is a better place to go

https://recorder.maricopa.gov/earlyvoteballotnet/voterreglookup.aspx

The link in the OP is to register to vote. The link above is to check the status of your registration.

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uppityperson

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Mon Oct-06-08 03:34 PM
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6. Good, glad to hear that was all it took. Talk to your friends/acquaintances also.

Make sure you spread the word over there.

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