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Ventura County Residents - Verify Your Voter Registration!

By Juanita De Luna - Oct 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm EDT

Also listed in: Latinos for Obama | Obama Ventura | West Ventura 4 Obama

My boyfriend and I moved to Ventura from Northern California a year ago this month. And as I've always done after a move, I registered to vote. We both voted in the Feb. 2008 primaries and we have not changed our address since.

I've been eagerly anticipating the Nov. 4th election and have worked to encourage people to register to vote. One of the tools I've used has been www.voteforchange.com, a site where people can verify their registration, register and find their polling place. I checked my registration as well to verify that the system worked, and it did. But when my boyfriend received his election materials in the mail and I did not, I began to worry. Finally, as the registration deadline approached I thought I had better find out what was wrong. I called the Ventura County Recorder's office and spoke with a young lady who checked my information and told me that my registration had been placed on hold. She couldn't tell me why or when, but she removed the hold and said that she would send out a sample ballot.

A day or two later, after this conversation had nagged in my head, I decided to call back and ask a few questions. This time a different young lady took my call. She couldn't tell me why my registration had been placed on hold, but said that it could have been because a mailing had been returned. I asked what the office would be sending me in between elections, and she could not think of anything. I then asked if someone on "hold" could vote. "No," she said.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am not sure what triggered this "hold." Was it my surname? The way I voted in the primary? I can't say. But I urge everyone who is registered to vote but has not received their election materials to contact the Recorder's office immediately.

http://recorder.countyofventura.org
(805) 654-2781

This election is far too important to have our voting right put on "hold" on November 4th. Also, remember to take some form of ID with you to the polls on the 4th!

Juanita De Luna
Ventura, CA

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