Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!grunwald From: grunwald@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Voter turnout in US Message-ID: <11000104@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 22:33:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.11000104 Posted: Mon Dec 10 22:33:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 03:44:02 EST References: <246@gargoyle.UUCP> Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:gargoyle:-24600:uiucdcsb:11000104:000:678 Nf-From: uiucdcsb!grunwald Dec 10 21:33:00 1984 Some time ago, I saw a quote of a study in the NYT saying that if voter registration were automatically transfeerred when you forward your mail, voter participation would increase dramatically. I have to admit that it's true to some extent. In our area, many people were unable to vote due to mishandling of the voter registration information by inept or uninformed voter registration personnel. Also, the concept that I can't vote in a NATIONAL election, much less a state or district just because I moved 2 blocks and didn't file a change of address form is so obscene as to not merit futher comment. True, one would like to eliminate double-voting, but at what cost?