help!! where do i vote?

Subject: Re: help!! where do i vote?

brooklynleather wrote: Here is the dilemma:

I moved to Crown Heights October 1st but I still have some mail coming to my old apartment in Bed-Stuy where I voted last time.

Additionally, my ID is for my old address before that in Prospect Heights where I voted the time before that.

So where on earth am I supposed to vote tomorrow? What if I am not on the rosters? I tried using the website that states your polling place, but if I only moved a month ago and never updated my ID from 2 apartments ago -- how do I make sure my vote counts? Thanks!

Check to make sure, but if you haven't changed your registration since moving, I think you should vote at your old polling place with your old address.

Just look yourself up here, and it will tell you where you are registered to vote. But yes, you'll probably be voting in Bed Stuy.

https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/

My driver's license's old address differs from my current address, and I still vote in my new district. Just as a data point...

Too f in late NOOB

daver wrote: Just look yourself up here, and it will tell you where you are registered to vote. But yes, you'll probably be voting in Bed Stuy.

https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/

thanks, daver! just double checked and that address change never went through for me !!!!!!!! just read the fine print in my paper copy of the address change - jerks! (at least i know though,right?)

You do NOT need to show ANY I.D. to vote in New York. If you didn't change your registration from where you last voted, then you vote at your old place. Doesn't matter if you moved.

Carnivore wrote: I don't think you have to show any ID in New York City.

From theGotham Gazette voting guide posted elsewhere on this board.

"First-Time Voters
New Yorkers who registered to vote for the first time via mail may be asked to provide identification, such as a driver's license, when they arrive at the polls.

Voters without a driver's license can also offer a copy of one of the following:

valid photo ID
current utility bill
bank statement
government check or other government document that shows the voter's name and address.

Those who do not have any form of identification or decline to supply one will be allowed to vote by paper ballot instead of by machine, according to the Board of Elections. Those votes will be counted only if they are verified to match registration forms.

The new rules are part of the federal Help America Vote Act, which Congress passed after the turmoil in Florida during the 2000 presidential election."

OnEasternParkway wrote: brooklynleather -- I'm not sure why you are even going to try the polling site for your new address. It's simple -- if you didn't change your address with the board of elections, there's no way for them to know that you have moved. Vote in Bed-Stuy.

I was going to say the same thing. Don't waste a trip since they have NO idea that you moved.

http://www.voteforchange.com

This works nationwide. Look up where you are registered to vote.