Gina,
If you're not on the list at the new polling place, you have the right to vote using a provisional ballot. Provisional ballots are valid anywhere in the county in which you registered. You will probably need to ask for it, though. Bring a photo ID (this is just for identification, it doesn't matter if the address is old). (Technically, it doesn't have to be a photo ID, but it's not unheard of for poll observers to use frivolous challenges for intimidation).
Probably you have been switched, and the canvasser misunderstood -- if you had moved to (say) South Jersey and not changed you're registration, you'd still be able to vote in S. Philly, and obviously he's going to want to encourage that.
Daniel
ps -- There is one disadvantage to voting this way, which is that they won't count them unless the regular vote is closer than the number of provisional ballots. Thus, if Kerry wins the regular vote in PA by 200,000 over Bush and there are only 100,000 provisional ballots, they won't count them. This could theoretically result in a difference in the official popular vote figure, but not the Electoral College. However, it's still better than not voting at all.
On Nov 2, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Gina Renzi wrote:
Hello
To those seasoned voters out there, and to those who have moved around a lot, this will seem daft, but it's important, from a young voter.
Currently, I live in West Philadelphia. I moved from South Philadelphia about 17 months ago. This is my first living situation away from my parents, with the exception of my time spent in the Drexel U. dorms. Anyway, when I moved to W. Phila., I registered to vote in W. Phila., of course. And as you can surmise, this was my first time registering elsewhere. When I lived in South Phila., I did participate in the presidential [s]election of '00.
Well, here, I have been thinking that I am registered in West only (I even received my "this is your first time voting in this district" reminder in the mail), but yesterday, a local electioneer visited my parents' home in South, and asked them if they and I were voting. When my father told them that all of us are, but that I am registered in West, they told him that I am still registered in South. Do the rolls in South just have me on them because I have voted there? I've been trying to get through to voter hotlines for 2 hours. Any suggestions/experience? I fear that my vote might not count if I vote in the wrong location. I'm currently in South, visiting the parents and urging my grandmother to vote, but I will be making my way back to West this afternoon.
Thanks.
Gina Renzi Coordinator The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-573-3234 http://www.foundationarts.org
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