# Does your voter registration expire?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-voter-registration-expire/466102>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 2, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-voter-registration-expire/466102 "2008-10-02T00:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-voter-registration-expire/466102/1 "2008-10-02T00:14:15Z")

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I misplaced my registation card quite some time ago, though I don’t recall them asking to see it when I voted in 2004.

Does your registration expire? Is it something like a drivers license or car registration that you need to get renewed?

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-voter-registration-expire/466102/2 "2008-10-02T00:22:03Z")

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It varies by jurisdiction. In my county if you fail to vote for . . . I think it is five years, might be 8, your name is removed from the registration lists. You can be re-registered at any library, fire house, or a few other places.

Tris