Monday, September 15, 2008

Are you registered to vote?

To see if you are registered, or to register online, or to request an absentee ballot, you can use this cool new tool from the Obama campaign.

Obama Voter Registration Tool


Notes:

The deadline to register for the Nov. 4 election is Oct. 4, 2008.

ELIGIBILITY

To register in Mississippi you must:

be a citizen of the United States

have lived in Mississippi and in your county (and city, if applicable) 30 days before the election in which you want to vote

be 18 years old by the time of the general election in which you want to vote

have not been convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, or bigamy, or have had your rights restored as required by law

not have been declared mentally incompetent by a court Note: State law changed by federal court order in 1998 and by state legislation in 2000. We now accept the form as registration for voting for all state and federal offices.

REQUIREMENTS :

United States citizen.

Eligibility requirements of my state.

The information I have provided is true to the best of my knowledge under penalty of perjury. If I have provided false information, I may be fined, imprisoned, or (if not a U.S. citizen) deported from or refused entry to the United States.

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