Attention Voters: Here's What You Have to Do to Make Sure You Get to Vote

Attention Voters: Here's What You Have to Do to Make Sure You Get to Vote

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted October 21, 2008.


Voters should verify their voter registrations are current and then vote early to avoid Election Day delays at polling places.

Ignore the partisan attacks on new voters and voter registration groups. Call your county election office to ensure your registration information is correct. Vote early to avoid Election Day delays, or use an absentee ballot if you know how to fill one out.

For those voting on Election Day, know where your polling place is located, what ID to bring (especially new voters) and expect lines. Call an election protection hotline if there is trouble. But be confident that you will vote if you have followed your state's registration laws.

These are the messages from voting rights advocates as the partisan attacks on 2008's newest voters and voter drives continue with two weeks to go before Election Day.

"People should not be worried," said Tova Wang, vice president for research at Common Cause, "but they should educate themselves. For the overwhelming majority of people, there will be no problem ... But people should not let any tactic that is intended to discourage them from voting stop them."

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http://www.alternet.org/democracy/103862/attention_voters%3A_here%27s_what_you_have_to_do_to_make_sure_you_get_to_vote/?page=entire

If you vote early at your county courthouse, like I do in Arkansas, know the township in which you live. It impresses the heck out of the clerk and makes finding the correct ballot for you easier and faster.

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/

Click on "my election information" and just enter your name and county.

They also have sample ballots for your district, polling places, early voting sites, etc.

Call them from the polling place if you have any problem voting.