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Are you a voter?

Secret poll, no names, so answer honestly. It is estimated that only about half of eligible Americans ever bother to vote in elections.

The deadline for registering to vote for the November presidential election is October 9, 2012.

If you are a registered voter, even if you have voted many times before, you need to check your registration before the election: voter purges have happened in multiple states, are ongoing now, and new voter laws in swing states have made formerly allowable voter ID's to no longer be valid for voting.

Check here for the ID's you need to now bring to the polls, and to see if you are still registered to vote:

http://www.canivote.org/

www.gottavote.com

(see "get registered" or "plan to vote" for your state's listing of currently acceptable voter ID's.

If you live in a swing state, especially - expect to be challenged at the polls day of election. Be sure you bring your correct voter ID to poll with you.

Early voting is available in some states, so you can vote early. See above.

Wisconsin Voter ID law overturned for Nov. election

Breaking today: Walker/ALEC restrictive Voter ID law will not be in place for November election.

May be reviewed at later time.

Quote:

State Supreme Court declines to take up voter ID, for now
By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel
Sept. 27, 2012 3:50 p.m.

Madison - The state Supreme Court on Thursday declined - for now - to take up lower court orders blocking Wisconsin's voter ID law, the latest sign the law likely will not be in place for the Nov. 6 presidential election.

In a pair of brief orders, the high court said if it were to take up a review of the law, it would hear arguments in both cases at the same time. But it noted that initial appeal briefs had not yet been filed in one of those cases, and so it is taking neither.

Two Dane County judges separately blocked the law this year for violating different provisions of the state constitution. Thursday's ruling was applauded by opponents of the voter ID law.

GOP Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans in the Legislature approved the voter ID law last year, just as their colleagues did elsewhere around the country, saying it would help ensure fair elections. Democrats largely opposed Wisconsin's law, arguing it was an effort to prevent minorities and low-income people from voting.

Lawsuits followed and two Dane County judges struck down the law. One found the Legislature did not have the power under the state constitution to impose a photo ID requirement on voters; the other found the photo ID requirement placed an unreasonable burden on the right to vote guaranteed in the state constitution

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