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Subject: Fwd: 50-Year Member Tells Her Voter Registration Experience
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: "LWVDC"
> Date: September 29, 2008 9:28:55 AM CDT
> To:
> Subject: 50-Year Member Tells Her Voter Registration Experience
>
> 9/29/08
> [Beth Ross, 50-year LWVDC member who has voted at the same polling=20
> site for 40 years, thanked Executive Director Andrea Kaminski for the=20
> state League=92s =93Make Your Vote Count=94 sheets recently. In her memo =
she=20
> relates her experience concerning her voter registration status. When=20
> asked if she would like to share her story with LWVDC members who=20
> receive e-mail, she agreed. Below first find her message agreeing to=20
> share her experience. Below that is her story.]
> =A0
> [9/26/08, communication to LWVDC]
> Sure, use our experience.=A0 I think the important thing is to take=20
> current ID to the polls so it will be easy to reregister if it is=20
> necessary.=A0 Try to use the web-site to save taking [City]/County=20
> Clerk's time (see State Journal story Sept. 26) to check your=20
> registration. [http://vpa.wi.gov]
>
> It requires a short training session to become a registrar.=A0 Given=20
> Mondays at 10 and 5 at the City-County bldg. [Call 266-4601 first to=20
> arrange to attend a training session at the City of Madison clerk=92s=20
> office 103 City-County Building in downtown Madison.]=A0 There is a=20
> separate training to help at the polls - even to help register there,=20
> I was told.=A0 There is a list for this. [To check if you r name is=20
> listed correctly as Special Deputy Registrar, visit=20
> http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/election then click =93Special Registration=20
> Deputy List=94 then click =93List of Special Registration Deputies=94]
>
> [9/19/2008 communication with Andrea Kaminski]
> Dear Andrea;
>
> Thank you so much for the "Make Your Vote Count" sheets.=A0 I will copy=20
> them, underline a few things and distribute some of them.=A0=A0 I may be=20
> paranoid, but I lie awake at night worrying about efforts that seem to=20
> be underway to disenfranchise some voters, or at very least, create=20
> lines and difficulty at the polls.=A0
>
> Here is our experience:
>
> 1.=A0 I received a state letter requesting my birthdate, "or I might=20
> not be on the list on election day."=A0 I did that.=A0 I understand there=20
> is a law now requiring this info.=A0 I have voted at the same poll site=20
> for 40 years.
>
> 2.=A0 I called the City Clerk's office to inquire about my husband as=20
> we registered together and he did not receive a letter.=A0 His name had=20
> been removed from the polling list, but the reason they gave me was=20
> that there had been a computer glitch.=A0 If a person with the same name=20
> had died, I was told, all people with the same name were also removed=20
> from the list.=A0 I understood this to be statewide.=A0 They claim to hav=
e=20
> reinstated his name, but I will access the address you gave us and=20
> make sure.
>
> Thank you so much for your diligence.=A0 I do count on League!
>
> Beth Ross, a fifty year member
>
>
> =A0
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Begin forwarded message:
0000,0000,0000From:
"LWVDC" <
0000,0000,0000Date:
September 29, 2008 9:28:55 AM CDT
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<
0000,0000,0000Subject: 50-Year
Member Tells Her Voter Registration Experience
Arial9/29/08
Arial[Beth Ross, 50-year LWVDC
member who has voted at the same polling site for 40 years, thanked
Executive Director Andrea Kaminski for the state League=92s =93Make Your
Vote Count=94 sheets recently. In her memo she relates her experience
concerning her voter registration status. When asked if she would like
to share her story with LWVDC members who receive e-mail, she agreed.
Below first find her message agreeing to share her experience. Below
that is her story.]
Arial=A0
Arial[9/26/08, communication to LWVDC]
ArialSure, use our
experience.=A0 I think the important thing is to take current ID to the
polls so it will be easy to reregister if it is necessary.=A0 Try to use
the web-site to save taking
[Arial
CityArial]/County
Clerk's time (see State Journal
story Sept. 26) to check your
registration.
Arial[http://vpa.wi.gov]
Arial It requires a short
training session to become a registrar.=A0 Given Mondays at 10 and 5 at
the City-County bldg.
Arial[Call
266-4601 first to arrange to attend a training session at the City of
Madison clerk=92s office 103 City-County Building in downtown
Madison.]=A0Arial There
is a separate training to help at the polls - even to help register
there, I was told.=A0 There is a list for this.
Arial[To
check if you r name is listed correctly as Special Deputy Registrar,
visit
0000,0000,FFFFhttp://w=
ww.ci.madison.wi.us/election
then click =93Special Registration Deputy List=94 then click =93List of
Special Registration Deputies=94]
Arial[9/19/2008 communication with Andrea
Kaminski]
ArialDear Andrea;=
fontfamily>
Arial Thank you so much for
the "Make Your Vote Count" sheets.=A0 I will copy them, underline a few
things and distribute some of them.=A0=A0 I may be paranoid, but I lie
awake at night worrying about efforts that seem to be underway to
disenfranchise some voters, or at very least, create lines and
difficulty at the polls.=A0
Arial Here is our experience:
Arial 1.=A0 I received a state
letter requesting my birthdate, "or I might not be on the list on
election day."=A0 I did that.=A0 I understand there is a law now requiring
this info.=A0 I have voted at the same poll site for 40 years.
Arial 2.=A0 I called the City
Clerk's office to inquire about my husband as we registered together
and he did not receive a letter.=A0 His name had been removed from the
polling list, but the reason they gave me was that there had been a
computer glitch.=A0 If a person with the same name had died, I was told,
all people with the same name were also removed from the list.=A0 I
understood this to be statewide.=A0 They claim to have reinstated his
name, but I will access the address you gave us and make sure.
Arial Thank you so much for
your diligence.=A0 I do count on League!
Arial Beth Ross, a fifty year
member
Arial=A0
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