PSA on Registering to Vote

[arthursimone]

2/3 of TX delegates are chosen through voting directly


1/3 are chosen by caucusing.
at 7pm tuesday, you show up to your polling location and sign a list corresponding to your candidate. that's all you gotta do. There will be a line, but it moves quickly.

[Roy Janik]

Arthur summed it up nicely. For a little more detail, click the "listen now" button on this NPR page:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=19211076

[Jessica]

Hey, I voted - yahoo!

[Miggy]

Post-convention bump.

Registration deadline for Nov election is Oct. 6th

Don’t know if you’re registered? Change name or address? Forgot your precinct or where that polling station is? Go here: http://www.traviscountytax.org/showVoterSearch.do

If you’re not registered and you live in Travis County, you can request a postage-paid form to be sent to you here: http://w03web.sos.state.tx.us/vrrequest/index.asp. But, really, in the interest of time, you should probably print this off, fill it out and mail it to the address listed: http://www.traviscountytax.org/pdfs/Vot ... onForm.pdf

I’ve copied the dates and offices that are up this year below or you can find more details here:
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk ... /dates.asp
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/vo ... ices.shtml

[Tuesday, November 04, 2008 -- Presidential Election
• Voter Registration Deadline: Monday, October 06, 2008
• Begin Accepting Applications to Vote by Mail: Friday, September 05, 2008
• Final Day to Accept Applications to Vote by Mail: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
• Early In Person Voting Begins: Monday, October 20, 2008
• Early In Person Voting Ends: Friday, October 31, 2008


Offices Up For Election In 2008
President of the United States of America 4 yr. term
U. S. Senator 6 yr. term - John Cornyn
All 32 United States Representatives 2 yr. term
Railroad Commissioner 6 yr. term - Michael Williams
Chief Justice, Supreme Court 6 yr. term - Wallace Jefferson
2 members of the Supreme Court 6 yr. term J. Dale Wainwright, Place 7 , Phil Johnson, Place 8
3 members of the Court of Criminal Appeals 6 yr. term Thomas Price, Place 3 , Paul Womack, Place 4 , Cathy Cochran, Place 9
15 State Senators 4 yr. term (Districts 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31)
All 150 State Representatives 2 yr. term
7 Members, State Board of Education 4 yr. term (Districts 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14)
Chief Justice of Courts of Appeals 6 yr. term
Various Court of Appeals Justices 6 yr. term