NEW YORK VOTERS: CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS!

[markpkessinger]

I checked mine online yesterday, not anticipating a problem, but just to be on the safe side. Lo and behold, I was listed as "inactive." According to the NYC Board of Elections website, inactive status can occur when either (1) a person fails to vote in two consecutive federal elections; or (2) mail is sent to a voter and is returned as undeliverable. Neither of those two should have applied to me (although my mail delivery has been a bit funky on occasion). Anyway, I called the Board of Elections, and was told I will still be able to vote, but I have to go to their office downtown to do so. The good news is I can do so during business hours anytime between now and Tuesday, and they are open on Saturday and Sunday as well.

But New York voters, BE WARNED! Check your registration status so you don't get a nasty surprise on Tuesday!

[bkkyosemite]

1. I believe this is intentional. Too many people this is happening to.

[radical noodle]

3. Intentionally done by whom?

[Dem2]

15. lol

CT's never have any documented evidence of said conspiracy. It has happened, so therefore it's on purpose? C'mon.

[CorkySt.Clair]

2. Setting up the narrative for the big fat L Bernie's going to take on Tuesday.

Oh well, early bird gets the worm I suppose.

[geek tragedy]

6. I would disagree--this can happen to anyone here, so always good to check

there are clerical screw-ups all the time

[markpkessinger]

9. Accusing me of lying??

Look, regardless of who one is voting for, this is a widely reported problem, and we should ALL be concerned about it!

[markpkessinger]

10. Nice hit and run, coward! n/t

[CorkySt.Clair]

14. ...

[markpkessinger]

12. Seeing this comment . . . .

. . . I don't want to hear another effing, self-righteous word about "nasty Bernie supporters!"

[hrmjustin]

4. They did this to my brother. This is criminsl.

[geek tragedy]

5. our voting records system here is ... special, so never hurts to check. nt

[geek tragedy]

7. OP: here's the link

https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/VoterSearch.aspx

[markpkessinger]

8. Thanks! n/t

[Agnosticsherbet]

11. A few election cycles back in California, the Hunter campaign arranged for mailer to be sent out.

When they weren't returned, this was used to challenge votes.

[Peace Patriot]

13. K&R! Mass vote suppression by this means in Arizona!

CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS!

[markpkessinger]

16. An INFURIATING update!

The NYC Board of Elections is an incompetent mess. So, the other day I checked my voter registration status online, only to find I was listed as being "inactive." I called the Board of Elections, and was told that I should go to their office downtown, and would be permitted to vote there by absentee ballot, and that this would make my status active again. So today, I went down there to do just that, and was told that no, I would have to vote by affidavit at the polling place on Tuesday. When I tried to protest that I had been told to come to the office to vote, I was rudely cut-off as the clerk yelled, "Next!" By the time I had ridden the subway back home -- it's a half-hour trip each way -- I was fuming, so I again called the BoE office to find out why I was being given conflicting information. This time, after I presented the entire story, the person on the phone told me I would have to RE-REGISTER. WTF???? At that point, I demanded to speak to a supervisor. She was nice and accommodating, but could provide no satisfactory answer as to why I had been given THREE DIFFERENT stories as to what I needed to do to vote. So she asked me to come back tomorrow -- and to ask for her -- a Ms. Walker. But this entire episode has been infuriating!