NO EXCUSES : ABSENTEE VOTING: VOTING WHILE IN COLLEGE
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Started by IgnoranceIsBliss
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Aug 2004
IgnoranceIsBliss
Dallas, TX
As you should know elections are coming up. A lot of college students are unaware that they have to register absentee around election time because they are out of state. I don't know about other counties but in my county you don't send the absentee form before a date in September, i'm not sure which date but call your county election offices for more excuses. Here are some links for different states about absentee voting.
*You register absentee under your home state, NOT the state of your college.
Alabama
http://www.sos.state.al.us/election/index.cfm
California
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm#apply
Connecticut
http://www.sots.state.ct.us/ElectionsDivision/Elecform.html
Delaware
http://www.co.delaware.oh.us/boe/absentee.htm
District of Columbia
http://www.dcboee.org/serv/absentee_voting.shtm
Florida (Everybody bow your head in prayer...)
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/absenteevoting.shtml
Georgia
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/elections/default.htm
Illinois
www.elections.state.il.us/elecinfo/pages/downloads/pdf/absevote.pdf
Indiana
http://www.activoteamerica.com/IN/in.html
Kentucky
www.sos.state.ky.us/Elecfil/ Genelectionfiles/voterguide.asp
Lousiana
http://www.activoteamerica.com/LA/la.html
Maryland
www.elections.state.md.us/voters/absentee_ballot.html
Massachusettes
www.****.state.ma.us/ele/eleifv/howabs.htm
Michigan
www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633_11976_11987-28039--,00.html
Minnesota
www.sos.state.mn.us/election/absentee.html
Mississippi
www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/voterinfoguide.asp
Missouri
www.sos.mo.gov/forms/elections/absentee.pdf
New Jersey
www.lwvnj.org/absentee.html
New York
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/voting/absentee.htm
North Carolina
http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/voterweb/voter_ab.htm
Ohio
www.electionsonthe.net/oh/absentee.htm
Oklahoma
www.elections.state.ok.us/absentee.html
Pennsylvania
http://pa.lwv.org/voting/absentee.html
Rhode Island
http://www.elections.ri.gov/mailvote.htm
South Carolina
www.state.sc.us/scsec/absent.htm
Tennessee
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/statebystate/f/TNvoteFAQ.htm
Texas
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/statebystate/f/TXvoteFAQ.htm
Virginia
http://www.sbe.state.va.us/Election/AbsenteeVoting/absente1.htm
Wisconsin
http://elections.state.wi.us/sebpage33.html
The states listed are purely on assumption of where most of you live. If your state wasn't mentioned hit me up and I'll find you a link. Remember that you register under YOUR STATE, not the state of your college. Also if you ain't registered, which is a damn shame :evil: , I'm sure the links will lead you to a way to registered 
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This privilege and right to vote is taken for granted by so many of us, but don't forget that our people fought and died for something that seems so simple for us.
#32
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I am so confused because I live in MD and I will be going to school @ Coppin, but I live 90 minutes away from the city. From reading all these posts I am not sure whether or not I have 2 back home just 2 vote. If someone know plz help me!
#33
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^^Where ever you are registered to vote, that's who you request an absentee ballot from. If you are already registered in the city of your school, go ahead and vote regularly there.
#34
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ACTUALLY, VOTING ABSENTEE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. WITH BUSH IN OFFICE STUFF GETS LOST A LIL TOO OFTEN. WHAT ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS SHOULD DO IS REGISTER IN THE STATE WHERE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL. THIS WAY YOU GO DIRECTLY TO THE POLLS AND DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT UR BALLOT GETTING LOST IN THE MAIL.
#36
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i checked online 2 make sure i'm registered...
& everything is str8 except....my middle name is spelled slightly wrong...
they have "larneDa" instead of "larneVa"....does that matter, i wonder?
wanna make sure my vote counts...& don't want to be ruled out on a technicality...like no such person as "Jameya LarNeda Porter" exists :?
#37
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AggieWarrior wrote:hmmm... all i gotta do is drive down 85 to University Meadows Elementary School to vote... but the links do help... and Megan does bring up a good point... use this privilege to vote, especially if you're not happy w/ the state of the union right now... the biggest whiners are the ones who don't vote :!:
