who Votes anyway?

[caramida]

loupyone posted a cool youtube video encouraging people to vote, or not vote. Anyway, it made me curious. How many of us vote? This is a totally non-scientific self-selecting poll, so the data are useless on a large scale, but I'm still curious. I'll collect the data and provide the percentages, but otherwise the poll is confidential. If I knew how to make it anonymous, I would.

Anyway, here goes.

[Poll #1270701]

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I have missed one election since my first in 1982, and that was six years ago, when I'd moved, registered with "motor voter," and it didn't take. I didn't know about provisional ballots, I got down to the polling place, and my name wasn't on the list, so I went home sad. We'd gotten a voter info packet for deyo and we never got one for me, though we'd always gotten two before, and I just didn't notice. (This time, we got just one, for "registered voters at" our address, no names.)

[enf.livejournal.com]

You don't have a choice listed for "I've sent in a registration card for my current address, but have had no confirmation that it has actually taken effect." My real answer is that I just *hope* I am registered at my current address.

[caramida.livejournal.com]

You might be able to telephone your registrar of voters. Of course they might be busy at this time of year.

[enf.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of that. It sounds worth trying!

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

http://www.smartvoter.org/voter/faqvoter.html#regvote

[darkcryst.livejournal.com]

I just ordered Miriam's registration to vote the other night. She'd not filed it yet, and so would need to (as long as it's 15 days before the election, it's ok)

[steluch.livejournal.com]

we also just got a single "for registered voters at" booklet...i think that's a good way to save some paper/postage/etc.

[knaveofhearts.livejournal.com]

It would be really nice to opt out of the booklet and be able to access it online instead.

better question?

[darkforge.livejournal.com]

"Have you ever lied in polls about voting?" People are notorious for saying they'll vote and then not voting. :-(

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

I wish we had packets that said "registered voters at". We've got five extra voter packets for people who don't live here anymore. Argh.