Voter registration ends Monday
October 3, 2008 at 3:15 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsWhen you’re sitting at the breakfast table Sunday morning, reading Ranger Rick and writing out your weekly to-do list, be sure the first thing you jot on there is “register to vote.” Monday is the deadline. Don’t miss it.
Also, it needs to be noted: Just got off the phone with Matthew Carrothers of Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel’s office. He wanted to clear up the confustion about Wednesday’s post about people who haven’t voted in the last three years getting dropped from voting rolls.
“The issue of not having any contact with your county board of elections or registrars’ office [affecting your voting status] is completely false. You’re not removed from the voting rolls at all. If you have any questions about your voting status, please check with your county registrars’ office or check online at the Secretary of State’s website.”
I’m going to hammer this home and say it again and again. Check to be sure you’re registered. If your status is listed as “inactive,” you need not worry. Carrothers says that’s a coding mechanism required by law and after voting in this election, your status will be updated. (He says Debra was correct in the comments.)
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Is this spin or what? The quote from Carrothers is confusing. It seems to contradict the SOS’s own website. If you use the SOS website to check your registration and if your name is not in the system — the SOS site explicitly states that one reason why your name might not be in the system is not having voted in 3 years.
If the system does lists your name, but it lists your status as “inactive” then you should be ok. BUT if your name is not in their system, then you should re-register.