anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>> suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 6/25/2022 12:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 6/25/2022 11:15 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> Stupid question perhaps but does one have to be a registered voter to
>>>>>>>>>> vote in a primary in the US?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Point of my question is that Canadian political parties often allow
>>>>>>>>>> permanent residents (aka "green card holders" in US terms) and 16 year
>>>>>>>>>> olds to vote in their party leadership conventions even though they
>>>>>>>>>> are not eligible to vote in the general election.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Never fully understood that but am pretty sure I've got my facts
>>>>>>>>>> straight.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes, in the US one has to register to vote. Its part of why you see so
>>>>>>>>> much controversy about "culling" the voter registration rolls as
>>>>>>>>> removing someone from said listing is removing their ability to vote.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So we should do what? Let the rolls fester with thousands and thousands
>>>>>>>> of people who have died or moved away and whose names are invalid now?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There should be some sort of cross check with the state bureau of vital
>>>>>>> statistics. That would cut down on dead people voting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Didn't you say that CA sent mail-in ballots to everyone on their voter
>>>>>>> registration list?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Theoretically. This is the second election in a row where I never got
>>>>>> one. But the computer shows they mailed it, so it just never arrived,
>>>>>> likely intercepted by someone along the way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The first time it happened, when I showed up at the polls, they told me
>>>>>> the system showed that I'd already voted. I was forced to cast a
>>>>>> provisional ballot that would theoretically be reviewed and if they
>>>>>> determined it was valid over the one already on record, they'd discard
>>>>>> that and count the provisional one.
>>>>>
>>>>> How could they possibly ever determine that? Especially not without your
>>>>> help?
>>>>
>>>> Supposedly they compare signatures.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder where they get the baseline signature to compare to.
>>
>> Voter registration card.
>
>I gotta tell ya, if they still have my 50 year old voter registration card
>they aren't going to find my signature looks much like the original.

Don't they require you to re-register or re-sign it periodically?

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 6/25/2022 12:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 6/25/2022 11:15 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>>>> Stupid question perhaps but does one have to be a registered voter to
>>>>>>>>>>> vote in a primary in the US?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Point of my question is that Canadian political parties often allow
>>>>>>>>>>> permanent residents (aka "green card holders" in US terms) and 16 year
>>>>>>>>>>> olds to vote in their party leadership conventions even though they
>>>>>>>>>>> are not eligible to vote in the general election.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Never fully understood that but am pretty sure I've got my facts
>>>>>>>>>>> straight.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, in the US one has to register to vote. Its part of why you see so
>>>>>>>>>> much controversy about "culling" the voter registration rolls as
>>>>>>>>>> removing someone from said listing is removing their ability to vote.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So we should do what? Let the rolls fester with thousands and thousands
>>>>>>>>> of people who have died or moved away and whose names are invalid now?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There should be some sort of cross check with the state bureau of vital
>>>>>>>> statistics. That would cut down on dead people voting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Didn't you say that CA sent mail-in ballots to everyone on their voter
>>>>>>>> registration list?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Theoretically. This is the second election in a row where I never got
>>>>>>> one. But the computer shows they mailed it, so it just never arrived,
>>>>>>> likely intercepted by someone along the way.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The first time it happened, when I showed up at the polls, they told me
>>>>>>> the system showed that I'd already voted. I was forced to cast a
>>>>>>> provisional ballot that would theoretically be reviewed and if they
>>>>>>> determined it was valid over the one already on record, they'd discard
>>>>>>> that and count the provisional one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How could they possibly ever determine that? Especially not without your
>>>>>> help?
>>>>>
>>>>> Supposedly they compare signatures.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wonder where they get the baseline signature to compare to.
>>>
>>> Voter registration card.
>>
>> I gotta tell ya, if they still have my 50 year old voter registration card
>> they aren't going to find my signature looks much like the original.
>
> Don't they require you to re-register or re-sign it periodically?
>

They do it for you. Sometimes I get a notice to the effect of “you hadn’t
voted in a while so we re-registered you“

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> Let's go Brandon!
>
>

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