How the hell am I going to vote?

Factual Questions
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So I’m sleeping under a bridge in boston last night, and it occurs to me, I’m not registered to vote. I had planned to do it before November, but I went on the road without thinking about it. As far as I know, you have to be a resident of a certin state to register to vote right? well where does that leave me (I’m hitchhiking around the country)?
I don’t have a perminent residence, I don’t have a source of income, am I excluded from the political process? Can I still vote (for president), and if so how do I do so?

–Reporting in from A friend’s house in NYC for those of you who care.

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Yes, you can.
Pick up a voters registration form from a post office, or wherever. In the space for one’s adress, it also gives the option of “if no adress, describe where you live”. Just write down “Under the bridge X in Boston”, or some other reasonable approximation of where you live. I dont think it matters if you change residence (i.e. to your friends house), unless you want to vote in that area’s local elections.
Then again, I dont know much about residency requirements. Is there some state that you have so semblence of residency in?

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Info on Mass: http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/ele/eleifv/howreg.htm

Looks like you have up to 20 days before the election to register. If you are a US citizen, you probably need to pick the place you’ve mostly lived (in the US). I’m sure that Massachusetts will be lenient as far as listing a domicile. Any usable address will probably do.

Here’s a related page: http://nch.ari.net/voting.html

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So I have to stick around in one state from the time i register until it comes time to vote? that bites my ass.
as for all the references to Mass. I was only there for a day and a half, in fact, my friend’s house (where I am currently) is the first place I’ve stayed more than one night (or rather will stay more than one night–I’m here until friday)
Thanks for all your help folks.

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You can try a state that lets you register the day of the election. I think there are states like that in the Midwest, (Wisconsin, Minnesota?).

20 days isn’t bad. In California, you have to be a register 30 days before the election.
In Missouri, you have to go to the public library and have someone swear an oath to you (or so my brother in St. Louis told me.)

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Maybe 30 years ago, but right now your brother’s talking crazy talk - they just handed me an extra form to fill out when I got my license at the DMV. Didn’t even have to specify a party, like I did in Arizona.