today is the day

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On 10/25/2010 03:46 PM, Robert Brockway wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2010, Timothy Hildred wrote:
>
>> for voting! just a friendly reminder not to let the forces of idiocy
>> position their mascot above us in triumph.
>
> I wish I could. I discovered too late that if you buy a house and _then_
> become a citizen that the city's voter roll is not automatically updated
> (even though the federal one is). Since I discovered this after the roll
> had closed for this election I am unable to vote.
>
> So I'm disenfranchied in Australia because I've been gone too long, and
> now I'm disenfranchied here too :)
>
> Well at least the federal roll should have my name.. but I should check...

You don't need to be on the voter roll to vote. You just need to produce 
ID at the polling station. Some polling stations will even accept a 
sworn affidavit.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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