How does one unregister to vote?
they said when I registered in NY, NY would contact FL about removing me from the rolls Yeah, when my parents went to vote in Virginia last year, they found that I (an Oregon and Washington resident for the past six years), my oldest brother (a California and New York resident for the past five years) and another brother (an Ohio resident) were all on the rolls in our home town, even though we’re all registered to vote in our new residences, too. I think I’m also still registered in Washington even though I’m in Oregon. I knew a guy who got two ballots in vote-by-mail Washington, one sent to his new home in the southern part of the state and one sent to his parents. It’s hard to disappear from the system, even when you try. This stuff isn’t just done state by state, it’s often county by county.
For what it’s worth, vecause it’s relatively easy to register as a member of a major party, and even once you do it doesn’t guarantee you’ll vote for them, the voter registration numbers don’t really matter for the parties. I’ve been active in politics for years and have never heard a party claim any sort of mandate just based on the number of voters registered with them. Generally donor figures are more useful for this.
You may be able to unregister by doing nothing at all. In Massachusetts if you don’t respond to the town census each year you’ll be automatically stricken from the voter rolls. (I found that out one time when I tried to vote and was told I wasn’t registered.) Steven – just so you know, that is completely illegal and the city of Lowell is currently being sued for such issues.
