VOTE!

[Wetzel]

CNN is looking into why my wife and I have not received our absentee ballots yet. It will be hard to vote in person from London.

Wetzel

[IKE]

A good site to check out is:
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

It does a reasonable job of posting ballot measures for each state. It also does a reasonable job of posting both sides of the argument. Remember Ballot Measures are put up by very enthusiastic groups, and opposed by equally enthusiastic groups. Please vote informed.

[JesseK]

It's a good thing I like the rain, as I'll stand in it to vote.

Which brings up another point. Unless there's a tornado or lightning strikes your building, or barring some other personal conflict or catastrophe, there is no excuse to not vote if you're registered. My grandparents, back in the day, had to walk through 3 feet of snow uphill both ways so they could vote. That was a feat because my Oma was only 5 feet tall!

[Kyle]

Voted, well last week technically because I have to work today then go to class, gotta love absentee ballots!

[Andrew Schreiber]

+1 Informed Vote.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

CNN is looking into why my wife and I have not received our absentee ballots yet. It will be hard to vote in person from London.

Wetzel

CNN is also looking into why all the students who were legally registered to vote during a drive in Sept. were informed yesterday by the Board of Elections that they are not eligible to vote until next year, starting Nov. 5, 2008.
This is in Easton PA.
My 18 year old and hundreds of other students are furious.
I'm having a deja vu.
The same thing happened to me many many years ago in Syracuse NY, while I was in college.
It went quickly to the courts.
I won. I voted.
And last month I voted by absentee ballot sent to me at home and mailed the day before I left on this adventure.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

CNN is also looking into why all the students who were legally registered to vote during a drive in Sept. were informed yesterday by the Board of Elections that they are not eligible to vote until next year, starting Nov. 5, 2008.
This is in Easton PA.
My 18 year old and hundreds of other students are furious.
I'm having a deja vu.
The same thing happened to me many many years ago in Syracuse NY, while I was in college.
It went quickly to the courts.
I won.

This is what I am worried about, after hearing about all the disenfranchisement of young voters I am fearing that I will be told I cannot
vote. Can someone explain what a Provisional Ballot is, I have heard them mentioned a couple times and am curious. If it makes a difference I am voting in Michigan.

Originally Posted by ChristinaR

I'll definitely be voting, although I'll be driving ~220 miles round trip to do it! (leave it to me to run out of time for submitting the absentee ballot application).

Wow, that shows dedication. You deserve a cookie for that


Best of luck to all you fighting for your right to vote.

[Michelle Celio]

I early voted last week, about a 45 minute wait. Voting was quick, I did my research before hand. We had a scantron type ballot.

Getting registered to vote was not an easy task for me. The state of Florida registered me in the wrong county, and never told me. Because they did this, they also decided to suspend my voting privileges because of the fact that I was registered to vote in a county I have never lived in. I had to re-register twice in order for them to correct the situation. I got my voters card maybe two weeks ago.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

vote. Can someone explain what a Provisional Ballot is, I have heard them mentioned a couple times and am curious. If it makes a difference I am voting in Michigan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_ballot

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

CNN is looking into why my wife and I have not received our absentee ballots yet. It will be hard to vote in person from London.

Wetzel

Read today about a couple that flew to NYC from India to vote because they didn't get their ballots. Talk about civic duty...

My problem: I've lived in the US for the past 10 years, had a green card for the past 5, and my parents still can't vote (I couldn't either if I was 18), but they're taxed. Taxation without representation, anyone?

[artdutra04]

Tomorrow I'm driving an hour to my hometown in Connecticut to vote. There's just something that feels a lot more concrete about registering to vote in person at town hall and voting in an actual booth at the local school. (Although I will miss the old mechanical voting machines this year...)

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

My problem: I've lived in the US for the past 10 years, had a green card for the past 5, and my parents still can't vote (I couldn't either if I was 18), but they're taxed. Taxation without representation, anyone?

Two words: dual citizenship.

http://www.uscis.gov/naturalization

[Meredith Novak]

You all are so amazing. As long as our young people are engaged and informed, our country will have a great future! My children are all political junkies (like their mom) and it is our non-robot family activity. I was honored to attend one (won't say which in the interest of non-partisanship) of the national party conventions as a member of the delegation from Arkansas. There were several college students in attendance. If you are interested, I would recommend that you look into the delegate selection process for the candidate of your choice in 4 years. It was an amazing experience to be at the convention. Of course, I talked about FIRST to every politician I could get to stand still and listen!

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Two words: dual citizenship.

http://www.uscis.gov/naturalization

We're applying for it...I just think it's a little wrong that you have to live in the US for 10+ years, paying taxes that you may not agree with, before you can vote and do anything about it. The nation was founded upon that principle...I would think we'd try to avoid being so hypocritical and give the right to vote to immigrants when the feds say they can live here permanently.

Just my $.02.