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From: alien@gcc-opus.ARPA (Alien Wells)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Fighting City Hall
Message-ID: <120@gcc-opus.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 14:52:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  5 14:52:32 1984
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In article  kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP writes:
>******FFFFFFFFFFFFLLLAAAAAAMMME ON!!!!!!!!!!********
>Twice in the past couple of weeks I have requested an application for an
>absentee ballot.  Twice has that request fallen on deaf ears.  Now, thanks
>to the miracle of U.S. Snail, my chances of being heard this November 6th,
>barring my tossing a couple hundred bucks into an 1800 mile round trip to my
>voting district, are slim and none.

There is another option.

I grew up as an 'Air Force Brat', in an environment where noone lived in the 
state of their legal residence.  One thing that I learned is that there is a
little known federal law requiring voter places (technical term, that) to 
allow anyone who is living away from their legal residence to vote locally
for national offices (ie: president).  

Let me summarize this.  You can go to ANY voting place, and vote for president,
if you do not live in your state of residence.  You have to call and arrange
this ahead of time.  I have done this in Massachusetts (while a student).

HOWEVER:  Trying to convince some places of this is not easy.  I do not know
the statute number of the law, and many people (in high places) have not
heard about it.  I tried to do the same thing in California, and got a bunch
of 'Duh, I never heard about that, talk to my manager'.  By the time I realized
that they weren't going to let me do it, it was too late to get the absentee 
form from Vermont (so I lost my chance to vote for Anderson, sigh!).

Maybe someone on the net can help on the statute reference ...

					Alien