I Just Checked My Minnesota Voter Registration

[MineralMan]

It's odd, but shortly after my wife and I moved from St. Paul, MN to Maple Grove, MN, we got post cards confirming our voter registration at our new address. What's odd is that we didn't do anything to change our registration. We also hadn't changed our Driver's licenses (we've done that now). But, the card was the official one. Somehow, buying a new house triggered the new registration.

The only think I can think of is that recording the deed on the new house and completing the homestead form in our new county must have triggered some automatic voter registration change. I wondered about it, so this morning, I checked my registration through the MN Secretary of State's website, using our new address.

Sure enough, our voter registration got changed somehow and automatically. The website confirmed the information on the voter registration card. I even was notified of our new polling place, which is just down the street from our new digs.

So, some states are working hard to make it harder to register to vote and to actually vote. Minnesota, apparently, is making it easier. I think I prefer Minnesota's system to, say Georgia's, Texas's, or Florida's.

Just a reminder: Check your own voter registration to make sure it's still current.

[cojoel]

1. recording a deed would be insufficient

Suppose for example, you had bought the new place as an investment, with the intention of renting it out. In that case you would not want your voter registration changed.

[MineralMan]

2. However, the homestead exemption application means you are making

it your primary residence. I suspect that's the thing that did it.

[LeftInTX]

3. Voters with homestead exemptions are also more likely to register

In Texas, we deal with people who live in apartments/rental units etc and move.

If you move within the same county, you can still vote and are allowed to update your registration when you vote, but only IF you vote within four years. If you don't vote within four years, it is assumed that you have moved out of the county or state and your registration is canceled. A voter is considered to have moved if a voter registration certificate or jury summons is returned as undeliverable.

[nitpicker]

4. I just checked my registration

Just to make sure I hadn't been re-precincted.

I WISH I could work at the polls, but I can't get a booster until afterwards.