Comments on: Where to Vote http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/28/where-to-vote/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: William Wend http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/28/where-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-3153 William Wend Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:14:50 +0000 /?p=542#comment-3153 Very cool post! Thank you for the links I just posted in my blog about this. Very cool post! Thank you for the links I just posted in my blog about this.

]]> By: mark http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/28/where-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-3066 mark Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:59:48 +0000 /?p=542#comment-3066 Do make very sure you're in the right precinct though. Many states (27 of them) won't count provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct, even if they were in the right county and the voter is correctly registered. Do make very sure you’re in the right precinct though. Many states (27 of them) won’t count provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct, even if they were in the right county and the voter is correctly registered.

]]> By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/28/where-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2817 nick Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:33:19 +0000 /?p=542#comment-2817 Noah, thanks for the links. Finding polling places can be an arcane ritual for those who have moved recently; they change at times, too. I wanted to note that the official website of your state government is probably a better place to get current information about provisional ballots and state voting regulations. The <a href="http://www.electionline.org/site/docs/html/provisional_ballots.htm">file of the Election Reform Information Project</a> that was cited is from July 2001 (it says this in a rather subtle note at the bottom of the page) and is out of date. It says that voters in Pennsylvania "Must obtain an order from the Court" to get a provisional ballot. <a href="http://www.hava.state.pa.us/hava/cwp/view.asp?a=1187&q=442284&havaNav=%7C">The Pennnsylvania Department of State page on provisional voting,</a> on the other hand, indicates that "New Federal and State laws provide voters with the opportunity to cast a provisional ballot under certain circumstances" and gives three other situations in which a voter is allowed to vote provisionally: if your name cannot be found on the rolls, if you show up lacking ID, or if an election official asserts that you are ineligible to vote. Noah, thanks for the links. Finding polling places can be an arcane ritual for those who have moved recently; they change at times, too.

I wanted to note that the official website of your state government is probably a better place to get current information about provisional ballots and state voting regulations. The file of the Election Reform Information Project that was cited is from July 2001 (it says this in a rather subtle note at the bottom of the page) and is out of date. It says that voters in Pennsylvania “Must obtain an order from the Court” to get a provisional ballot. The Pennnsylvania Department of State page on provisional voting, on the other hand, indicates that “New Federal and State laws provide voters with the opportunity to cast a provisional ballot under certain circumstances” and gives three other situations in which a voter is allowed to vote provisionally: if your name cannot be found on the rolls, if you show up lacking ID, or if an election official asserts that you are ineligible to vote.

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