The Motor Voter thing doesn't work very well here in Minnesota, either. When I moved here, I checked the box when I got my MN driver's license. It was quite a while before the election. I never got a registration card.
I called the registrar of voters and asked about it. The person I talked to said that the Motor Vehicle people sent those registrations in about once a year, to the Secretary of State's office, and that I should register again. I did, and got my registration card a week later.
The more people in the loop, the worse the results, it seems.
This happened to me in White Oak, TX. I was not allowed to use a provisional ballot, but told to register for next time. I filed a complaint with the state office last night. This needs to be investigated. I posted this earlier here and the thread got pulled. Maybe because I posted this last night in chat, but meant to put it here. Anyway, the polling official said this happened to "a lot of people."
I did more provisional ballots yesterday than I ever have in more than 20 years of doing this and EVERY one of them were caused by this BS. After the folks who had to endure this process had voted, I told every one of them that even tho this provisional ballot process you have just completed is supposed to ensure your being registered at your new address, DON'T count on it! Go physically to the voter registrars office and make SURE that you are registered.
FREEPER DENIED RIGHT TO VOTE (TX)
Posted on 11/07/2006 8:19:26 PM CST by FNG
I just stood in line an hour to vote here in TX, and I was denied a vote because I was not registered. I put in for registration when I changed my TDL address, but it was never processed. The official at the polls told me it happened to a bunch of people. I live in Gregg county, and the DPS office is in Longview. I'm planning on calling the state number and complaining. If I were not a Caucasian Republican, I'd have an army down here tomorrow and make the news. This SUCKS. FNG out.
This isn't the only thing that ought to be automatic in todays computer age. There should be an automatic notice filed with the registrar of voters when a death certificate is filed with the county, same with any felony conviction via the courts, etc. and probably others that should be automatically reported.
After the line started stacking up we went down the line and tried to process as many address changes as we could while we were on the line. We ended up with 8 provisional voters who already had enough and didn't want to be sent elsewhere. Anyone who moved between counties was pretty much denied the right to vote on anything.