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(36,404 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,128 posts)SharonAnn
(13,781 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)Rent is due this weekend, and with the federal moratorium on evictions expired, millions wont be able to pay.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/evictions-coronavirus-americans-homeless-covid-19-rent_n_5f209d31c5b66859f1f3545b
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)especially the seniors.
CousinIT
(9,275 posts)2naSalit
(86,963 posts)And in some rural places, some groups gather sealed ballots for mail in and turn them in, now they have to identify themselves.
dutch777
(3,062 posts)...they need to go to the courthouse or some other government office to get one and fill it out and then there is a process whereby the election official checks they are legit residents. Given the hassle and time, I would suspect 99.9% of folks, most who probably have other major issues on their hands right now, won't do it.
I don't know if anyone does it anymore, but when I was a kid I remember my dad picking up folks with no cars or other difficulty getting around and taking them to the polls to vote. My dad was a hard core Dem (I grew up with an almost life sized portrait of FDR behind my dad's home office desk) and I think the party organized it and provided names and addresses to set it up.
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)In my state, if you move, even to a different county and haven't been able to register or don't right away, you can still cast your vote at your old precinct for up to six months, I think it is or through the next election cycle.
crickets
(25,993 posts)2naSalit
(86,963 posts)Been voting in this state for over fifteen years, Idaho before that for just as long and their rules are a bit different but not by much. The biggest difference was the mail in voting, here you don't have to have a reason, in Idaho you did.
Hell, Gov. Bullock decreed all mail in voting for the primary and the GE way back in March and the state is paying the postage this time. I hope he wins this Senate race.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)...if Trump and Repubs have anything to say about it.
People that vote late will not see their votes counted for days, or weeks, after the election. Just enough to question the results.
central scrutinizer
(11,667 posts)Homeless people can vote. All our voting is by mail. I was in the local election office in 2018 getting set up to vote by internet since I was going to be in South America on Election Day. I overheard the clerk helping a homeless man get registered. She was very respectful and informative.
Amaryllis
(9,527 posts)Homeless Voters and Those Wishing Confidentiality
Voting When Homeless
Homeless U.S. Citizens Have a Right to Vote
Voters must provide a residence address on the voter registration form, but this address may be any definable location in the county that describes their physical location. This could be a shelter, park, motor home, or other identifiable location. The mailing address of a person who is homeless or who resides where mail service is unavailable can be the office of the county clerk. Voters can pick up their ballot at the county elections office.
https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/homeless-confidential.aspx
But, Oregon has been refining all this for many years. It takes time to get it all in place.