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Information for First Time Voters (and Student Voters)

By AuDayShus - Sep 25th, 2008 at 3:57 pm EDT

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State-by-State Absentee Voter Guide

http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Voter-Information-Center/Absentee-Voter-Guide

Special rules exist for First Time Voters voting by absentee ballot in MI, IL, NV, FL

If you are a first-time voter who intends to use an absentee ballot, you must register to vote in person. If you do not register in person but instead by mail or at a registration drive, then you must vote in person the first time you vote. If you vote in person for any election, you may vote by mail in all following elections.

Absentee voting in Ohio

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/15/copy/EARLY_VOTE.ART_ART_08-15-08_B1_I4B1IBC.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

The law allows absentee voting, for any reason, to begin 35 days before an election. Another law on the books for several years closes voter registration 30 days before Election Day.

That leaves a five-day period (Sept 30 – Oct 4) during which people can register and immediately vote absentee.

Voter ID Laws by State

http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/voter%20id%20laws.pdf

Student Voting Rights by State (select your state from the interactive map)

http://www.brennancenter.org/studentvoting/

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Florida’s “No Match, No Vote” Law

http://blackboxvoting.com/s9/index.php?/archives/272-Florida-makes-last-ditch-effort-to-block-the-vote-No-Match-No-Vote.html

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