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[maxxx_power]

Forgive me for sounding igonorant.

How do I register for an absentee ballot in Korea? At the embassy?

Thanks...must......vote.....

[rudyflyer]

if you're american go to www.asktheconsul.org or the US Embassy's web site

[crazylemongirl]

Kiwis can enrol to vote online (yes we're sophisticated down under) here:

https://elections.nzpost.co.nz/elections/enrolling/secure/ne-01.jsp

No elections till next year (council) though anything is possible under MMP.

CLG

[maxxx_power]

I am an American and I think I'll register 15 times just to vote the chimpmeister out of office.

Legal people,

How are absentee ballots factored into the Electoral College? I'm not a resident of my state anymore, so where do those votes come in to play?

[rudyflyer]

maxx thats an excelent question. Since I keep a "residence" in Texas (the address on my drivers license is my mother in law's house) I vote in Travis County so my vote goes into the Texas count. Thats how I could vote for Nader and get away with it since W got 70% in Texas.

Maybe use your drivers license address for voter registration and it'll go into that states count.

If all my profs weren't on vacation I'd email one of them and ask them

[OiGirl]

Are you from the US?

You need to call or write the local Elections Office of your US address (usually by county or parish, etc.) and request an application for an absentee ballot. Many Elections Offices have online request forms these days -- do a web search on "XX county absentee ballot" to find one. I was sent a set of the infamous punch-card ballots and sat in a PC Bang researching the candidates and punching out the chads with a ballpoint pen (as directed.)

Here is a "National Voter Registration Form" if you're not yet registered: http://www.cabarrusgop.org/documents/nvra.pdf It has specific directions for each state. (Wyoming cannot accept this form.) The form includes the line, "If you're a U.S. citizen who lives or has an address within the United States..." so I see no reason why we cannot vote. The U.S. doesn't have a "Non-Resident" category like Canada does. Canadians, if you are a non-resident for tax purposes, are you allowed to vote?

You need to be registered in a particular state, presumably at the address of your last residence, your "permanent" address, your parents' home, etc.

Factoid: North Dakota does not have voter registration.

Remember, you "must not be mentally incompetent" to vote!

[maxxx_power]

My question is more for requesting a Federal ballot/registration. I think I won't be able to register at the state level as I have no address within the United States.

[rudyflyer]

do you have a valid US drivers license Maxxx? Use that address thats techniclly the state where you are a resident of

[maxxx_power]

It expires on my birthday, which is in 3 weeks

I think I'll just call the embassy

[OiGirl]

So, did you vote???

[iiicalypso]

[seoulmon]

You are asking some very important questions maxxx_power. It is not easy to vote over seas (unless you are military) and I kept having this feeling they wanted to keep me out of the game.

At any rate...
1. You need to register first. You said:

[maxxx_power]

The embassy website said that whatever one's last state of residence may have been one can still participate in the elections regardless of any plans to return to that state.

Pretty nifty.

Oregon is 100% mail in ballots anyways so we get a decent turnout, by decent I mean that the 40% participation rate is a hell of a lot higher than the rest of the country.

[seoulmon]

Oregons an awesome state. My sister lives in Portland. The city planning is just amazing. You'd never know it was a huge city.

it has great little shops too. When I pass thru there I love going to Powells. It's the largest book store in the world or something like that. The only thing about ORegon is, well...it's so (how can I put this sensatively)..WHITE!

[iiicalypso]