# Are you (still) registered to vote? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666 "2018-09-21T03:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/1 "2018-09-21T03:43:02Z")
I think I am but I will not only check closer to the Midterms but I will keep my eye on news sites talking about those who suddenly find themselves disenfranchised. I post this not only as a PSA but also to point and laugh … and maybe nod understandingly, at my state’s “check it” website’s url. [https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx](https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/2 "2018-09-21T03:58:50Z")
Yes, I am, and today I also mailed back my application for an absentee ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/3 "2018-09-21T04:07:37Z")
I mailed mine in a couple of weeks ago and I just checked to verify I am registered. You can go to this site, which links to all fifty states, to check if you’re registered: [Am I Registered to Vote? - HeadCount](https://www.headcount.org/verify-voter-registration/?gclid=CjwKCAjwio3dBRAqEiwAHWsNVUk7-SRUdvaaJSw1EBSfOKMTf98i8MPY6BmD7Za8zmHysAmlVJ9yexoC0LcQAvD_BwE) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/4 "2018-09-21T04:09:05Z")
Permanent absentee ballot here, it’s a great way to go. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/5 "2018-09-21T05:36:54Z")
California native (and citizen) here. They don’t play that game, even behind the Orange Curtain. And even if they did, I voted in the primary, so I maintained continuity. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/6 "2018-09-21T05:45:48Z")
Thanks to a good plea bargain. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/7 "2018-09-21T14:32:28Z")
My registration is active. One primary several years ago the polling place didn’t have my name so I had to vote provisionally. I double-checked my registration later that day and I was registered. So it was just an error, which is why we have the provisional vote backup. And the next election everything was okay. According to my mom, I’m still registered in Ohio, where I haven’t lived this century. There’s no process to remove yourself from the voter roll. (Well, I suppose I could commit a felony in Ohio to make them remove me. :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/8 "2018-09-21T14:34:17Z")
Active voter. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/9 "2018-09-21T15:14:43Z")
Reported for forum change since no one seems to be complaining. And yep. Always vote if I’m not traveling. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/10 "2018-09-21T15:25:05Z")
Just posting to say I recently moved and did the formal change of address thing through the post office late July (which had an option to also update your voters registration - it was either $1 or free, I forget), and only just received my new voters registration card this week, so it took 6-7 weeks. So if you recently moved and haven’t upped your registration I would suggest doing so ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/11 "2018-09-21T15:27:50Z")
Called the New York Bd of Elections almost 3 years ago when the Republicans first started to lie about dead people on the rolls voting for Democrats. I explained that while it was nice to still see my dad’s name listed (he was right above me alphabetically every time I voted), he had been dead for 7 years at that point and really should be removed. Well… first they needed to do an investigation to see if he had actually voted in the last 7 years (umm, no, he was dead). They then demanded an affidavit, as well as his original death certificate. My siblings couldn’t find an original copy of the DC, so at that point I gave up. Just checked and yup, over 9 years later he is still listed as being an active voter. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/12 "2018-09-21T15:30:18Z")
Yes, though I haven’t filed for my absentee ballot yet. I tend to do that in October when I’m not voting in a primary. (And as I didn’t care which Democrat won, I didn’t this time.) Still, since you reminded me, I decided to go ahead and get it done. It’s close enough to October anyways. And it turns out the ballot for my state has a mistake in the URL for who to send it to, so I’m contacting my Secretary of State to let them know. (If their tech support is any good, they could make the typo redirect to the correct address, without needing to change the ballot.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/13 "2018-09-21T15:35:46Z")
Yes, all four of the voters in my Ohio home got registration-confirmation cards from our county board of elections a few weeks back. I wouldn’t miss this election (well, just about any election, after all) for the world. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/14 "2018-09-21T15:43:36Z")
> [@Wallet](#): > > Called the New York Bd of Elections almost 3 years ago when the Republicans first started to lie about dead people on the rolls voting for Democrats. > I explained that while it was nice to still see my dad’s name listed (he was right above me alphabetically every time I voted), he had been dead for 7 years at that point and really should be removed. > Well… first they needed to do an investigation to see if he had actually voted in the last 7 years (umm, no, he was dead). They then demanded an affidavit, as well as his original death certificate. > My siblings couldn’t find an original copy of the DC, so at that point I gave up. > > Just checked and yup, over 9 years later he is still listed as being an active voter. It wouldn’t have made any difference if you had gone through all the hoops and gotten his name removed from the roll. The Republicans would have just said “See? This proves the Democrats are guilty. They’re hiding all the dead people they’ve had voting for them.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/15 "2018-09-21T15:46:19Z")
We always get the mail in ballot. So yep. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/16 "2018-09-21T16:54:02Z")
Yep, new card arrived in the mail a week or so ago. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/17 "2018-09-21T16:58:58Z")
Yes, registered and will vote in person. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/18 "2018-09-21T17:10:50Z")
Yep, I’m registered. Sadly, I’m mostly voting against people than voting for them since moving to KY (man, do I hate Mitch McConnell). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/19 "2018-09-21T17:23:53Z")
Moved to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![senoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@senoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senoy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666/20 "2018-09-21T17:36:42Z")
Yep, used to be registered Green Party, but then switched to independent in 2016 so I could vote in the Republican Primary against Donald Trump. Haven’t switched back to Green yet. I might just stay independent so I can vote in the Dem primaries. I’m not sure though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-registered-to-vote/821666.md?page=2)