EAC Questions 10.24.11

from: on Oct 24, 2011

We get smart questions from the public, and we realized that the inquiries and our responses may be useful to others. Every Monday we will share some of them here. Leave your question or comment here or send it to us. We also take input on Twitter @EACgov.

Q: If I move, am I still registered to vote?
A: Voter registration does not move with you. Even if you move within your existing county, you must complete a new voter registration form to update your new address. If you to move to a different county or state, you must re-register with your new county or state. Read more about moving and registering to vote. For information about re-registering, visit your state's election office website.

Q: What is the difference between EAC’s military and overseas voters data and other data recently issued about these voters?
A: EAC’s 2010 UOCAVA data are provided directly by each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and 4 territories. Primarily, we ask states to provide the number of ballots sent, received, counted and rejected. All data provided by the states are available in three formats, and the survey instrument is also available. Improving services for military and overseas voters is a shared goal at all levels of government. Working together and sharing our data about these voters contributes to a greater understanding of how to remove the challenges they may face when casting a ballot.

EAC’s UOCAVA Data Are:

Official numbers provided directly by every state.
Only about voters covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) as it relates to ballots sent, returned, counted and rejected.
Available for all states.

EAC’s UOCAVA Data Are Not:

A sampling of military and overseas voters (a subset of these total populations used to draw conclusions about the entire population).
Opinion data related to whether an individual covered under UOCAVA voted or wanted to vote, or is of a particular age group or gender, for example.

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Nov 28, 2011

Dianna

My question is on Nov. 8, 2011 city election police were station at our polls, why? We the residents were told we could not talk and were 100 feet from the polls, what is this 1964 Civil Rights movement again and is this not illegal, it also intimate soon not to vote because of police present. We, believe that the EM Joe Harris institagate the police presents, what can we do about violation of our rights to vote in peace and hormany.

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