Denisegilmore
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Username: Denisegilmore
Post Number: 114
Registered: 10-2000
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"Useful Voter Tips"
Following are some excellent tips about voting on November
2 (or before), courtesy of The Arc and UCP Public Policy
Collaboration:
VOTER TIPS
* Find out where your voting place is and if it is
accessible. If you cannot get into your voting place, you
will need to make plans to vote at another location or by
absentee ballot. Dont delay. Make the necessary
arrangements NOW!
* Vote EARLY if you need to or would like to. A number of
states allow absentee voting by anyone who requests to do
so (you dont have to be away or unable to go to the
polls), and still others allow early voting. Find out what
will make it easiest for you to cast your vote, and do it!!
For more information on deadlines and regulations, please
visit: http://www.nass.org/electioninfo/laws&admin.htm
* Go to the polls early on Election Day ... and Don't
Forget Your ID. Whatever type of voting machines are being
used, there's no excuse for not getting out and casting
your ballot. If you cannot get into your voting place, say
that you want a ballot brought to you. Its your right
under the law. Be prepared, and be first in line when the
polls open!!
* If you have any problems at the polling place, call the
Election Protection hotline at (866) OUR-VOTE {866-687-
8683}. Election Protection is a nationwide program run by
civil rights and voting rights groups to safeguard your
right to cast a ballot on Election Day. There are experts
and attorneys standing by nationwide, from now until after
the Election, to assist you.
NOTE: If you would like to subscribe directly to The Arc
and UCP Public Policy Collaboration network, please contact
Lisa Alfonso-Frank at alfonso-frank@thearc.org. For more
information about Public Policy Collaboration, visit:
http://www.thearc.org/governmental-affairs.htm or
http://www.ucp.org/ucp_general.cfm/
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