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Given all the shenanigans in Nevada and Oregon, I thought I'd pass this along.
If you show up at the polls, and are told you are ineligible to vote, under the Help America Vote Act, you have the right to fill out a provisional ballot. This ballot will be held and eligibility issues resolved after Election Day. Furthermore, according to HAVA, your vote has to be counted for any races you may legitimately vote in. If, for example, you are listed in a different precinct than that in which you live, your vote may not count in local races, but will in statewide and nationwide races.
It is not a regular ballot, and in my mind is still open to some manipulation, but it is better than nothing.
Currently several states are arguing that they do not have to provide provisional ballots if a voter goes to a wrong precinct, but only if they were mistakenly left off the polls. (This seems to fly in the face of the clear intent of the law, as I -- and the League of Women Voters -- read it.). This issue is currently before the courts.
This is a public post -- please feel free to pass it along.
If you show up at the polls, and are told you are ineligible to vote, under the Help America Vote Act, you have the right to fill out a provisional ballot. This ballot will be held and eligibility issues resolved after Election Day. Furthermore, according to HAVA, your vote has to be counted for any races you may legitimately vote in. If, for example, you are listed in a different precinct than that in which you live, your vote may not count in local races, but will in statewide and nationwide races.
It is not a regular ballot, and in my mind is still open to some manipulation, but it is better than nothing.
Currently several states are arguing that they do not have to provide provisional ballots if a voter goes to a wrong precinct, but only if they were mistakenly left off the polls. (This seems to fly in the face of the clear intent of the law, as I -- and the League of Women Voters -- read it.). This issue is currently before the courts.
This is a public post -- please feel free to pass it along.