On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:08:58 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:

If these folks haven't bothered to register before and educate
themselves on the issues, why should they be voting?

Hi Wes,

The HAVE. The problem is we've had a spate of "volunteer" groups
who've pre-screened some registrants and those forms NEVER making it
into the office. Another problem is that we have had a FLOOD of new
registrants this summer (100,000+) in this county, and that has choked
the system such that when they go to check their status, their form
may have not cleared the bottleneck, and the office suggests if there
is any doubt they should apply again. At our first stop, quite a few
have been Troops and the families of Troops and I suppose they've been
too busy out of country (or on their way) to read the paper. The
problem of getting Absentee Ballots has been widely reported in the
Army Times (they had offered solutions last summer, Congress has had
problems fulfilling those solutions for some reason).

To All,

Anyway, it is now national law that any registered voter must be given
a ballot even if their name does not appear on the Voter's Roll.

If any of you is denied a ballot because they claim you do not appear
on the Roll, they cannot deny you a "Provisional Ballot" (this name
may vary by state). If they stonewall you claiming they "never" heard
of such a thing, then you simply go to another Polling Station and
make the same demand (you do not have to be at "your" Polling Station
to vote this way). If your state varies from this significantly, then
you should move out of Florida. When you vote "Provisional Ballot" be
prepared to have it placed into a security envelope, where you will
provide your name, signature, place of residence such that when your
name does appear on the Roll that it can be reconciled and the vote
tallied.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC