You forgot DC!

     Wisconsin has always had same-day voter registration, and did so in the September 5th primary. I'm not aware that that has changed, but I can't say for sure that it hasn't. If you can, register by October 19th, but please don't assume from this that if you are not registered by then, you cannot vote on November 7th.

Amidst the well-deserved GOP implosion, I find myself wondering whether our side has an organized effort to watch the polls and voting machines to make sure that the mounting pro-Dem shift in voter intent will be reflected in official vote counts.  While I'm hoping that their deep crisis will weaken Repub's ability to cheat, I don't think its wise to underestimate them. It's very hard and sometimes very dangerous to predict what a wounded and cornered beast will do.  Better to make sure you're well protected from its claws and fangs.  It is, after all, fighting for its retched life.

This is a real service.  It's AMAZING just how many of my mobile, harried friends jabber all day about politics but end up not voting.

the date for WIsconsin is Oct 18 NOT OCT 19 for postmarked mailing registration

again, as was said earlier there is same day registration

why don't all states have same day registration

From the Washington Secretary of State website:

The deadline for registering or transferring your voter registration is 30 days before an election. If you register by mail, your application must be postmarked by the 30-day cutoff or it will not become effective until after the election.

If you are not already registered to vote in Washington and you miss the 30-day deadline, you can register in person at your county elections department until 15 days before the election. Contact your County Auditor for assistance and information.

I believe that if a person does register in the 15 to 30 days before the election in person at the local auditor's office that person is then given a ballot to cast.

This is where the real GOTV takes place; most of the non-voters we try to get out on election day have moved, died, or are just too damned ornery to vote no matter what.

Real conversation: "I tole you I ain't votin', an I tole you I ain't votin', and if you come back here a third time, I'm a gonna pitch you off this porch."

Moral: Better to register another Democrat a little more eager to play nicely with others.

Not like there are any major contests for Hawaii's house or senate seats, but still important...

Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2006

http://www.hawaii.gov/elections/voters/r egistration.htm

Application for Absentee Voter Ballot deadline: October 31, 2006

http://www.hawaii.gov/elections/voters/v oteabsentee.htm

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