Would you like to be able to register voters?

Unless you've had special training, you can't. You can give voter registration forms to people to fill out, but your role ends there.

With special training, you can take the completed forms from potential voters and mail them in yourself - making sure they actually become registered.

This is a critical part of growing our party and helping Democratic candidates. We will be targeting Democratic precincts, and registering voters will make a huge difference in the next election!

The North Fulton Democrats is offering a free training course on becoming a Deputy Registrar. If you're in the Atlanta area, PM me for details.

to help people fill out the forms, mail them in, and keep track of who you have registered. Make at least two contacts (if possible) in the 6 weeks leading up to the election. And while there is no training needed for this, it is far more fun to do it in groups, and may be more beneficial to do it with groups associated with the democratic party.

It's called Deputy Registrar training.

You can pass out forms without the training but they have to mail them in themselves.

in three counties in upstate NY. Only had a small problem once, which with small amount of ACLU assistance, was corrected without serious problem. In 2000, a person from the county clerk's office didn't want to give out registration forms to one of our group; easily resolved. Part of the job at mental health was voter registration --- with NO training. None. And in each and every case, we mailed in the forms, and the result was hundreds of people registered. But, in case anyone wonders, think about this: how the heck would anyone at the office building where the mailed forms are delivered have any idea who dropped it in the mail box?

Joan Blades of MoveOn.Org says that a few states may have some restrictions. Thus, you may not be able to hand in a large envelope of completed forms. Still, if you drop forms in the mail box even in the most restrictive of states, it is obvious that no one is going to know. Use your head, we still live in a democracy.

Many laws can be bent and broken easily and gotten away with. I don't think living in a democracy is the issue. And I am using my head. But thank you for your concern.

and are as described above.



www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/deputy_registrar_guide.pdf

It's hard to believe that laws like this are still on the books. When I said "use your head," I was speaking to the "anyone" mentioned in the previous post .... though it could certainly fit the original poster. Such a law appears to be an attempt to keep certain groups from getting registered. I am more shocked that people in that state (and ANY with similar RESTRICTIONS) would sit like bumps on a log and not fight that law, tooth and nail. Too many people fought too hard, and lost too much, to allow that type of thing to stand. Hopefully, there are some younger, more creative and daring folks out there who have the desire to test this law. Make a case on a college campus. Find a lawyer who honors the constitution and federal laws against restrictions to voting rights. Again, I've had experience in taking cases (not voting; opposition melted at hint of confrontation in court) to NYS Supreme and federal courts. It's important, and it's fun. Anyone who tries to restrict other peoples' voting rights are your enemy.

But it really is not difficult to become a deputy voter registrar; there were drives to get people signed up at DFT and Democratic Party Meetups in the last month. I did voter registration for the first time last Saturday and I'm doing it again tomorrow.

Our goal is 20,000 new voters in Travis County for November.

I have 1,000 voter registration forms sitting next to me. We hope to register 3,000 to 4,000 new voters. Our state party also gives the local Dem group $2 for every new Dem registration, and $2.50 if we get a telephone number.

but instructions state:
After you have completed this form, you should return it to the elections official yourself. It is postage paid. If you give this form to another person to return for you, be sure that person fills out and gives you the registration form receipt below.

For what it's worth, I carry two different county registration forms (different addresses) in my car at all times. In the last year I have helped a whopping dozen people register to vote.

The tax asessor-collector came to our county Dem meeting and deputized a bunch of us. We just had to read and sign some stuff, and she talked to us for a couple minutes before we took the oath. It took all of 6 minutes at most.