Sunday, October 6, 2002, is the last day to register voters. There are over One million Catholics in New Jersey who are not registered to vote.
Please ask your pastor to put a notice in the Sunday Bulletin and to have registration forms available.
People who have moved since they last voted, women who have gotten married and changed their names, students who are away at school and anyone who has become a citizen or turned eighteen need to register.
Every election is won by the person who gets the most votes and too many Catholics are not voting. Only one person in eight will vote for the winner in most elections.
Half the people are not registered and half the people who are do not vote. That means only one in 4 are voting and half of them vote for the loser.
If we can get one more person in every pew to vote and vote for the candidates who support Catholic teaching we all will win.
To download the registration form:
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/elections/voter_reg_app.pdf
For the list of your County Election Commission go to:
http://www.state.nj.us/faqs/elections.html
From the US Catholic Conference of Bishops
http://www.usccb.org/ogc/guidelines.htm#drives