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VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION PROGRAM
In every odd numbered year the Grainger
County Election Commission will implement an address verification and
confirmation program. The purpose of this program is to identify
any voter who has changed their address of residence without notifying
the election commission office. The program is conducted in a
non-discriminatory manner to select which voters the cards will
be mailed to. The
Commission will:
- mail a
non-forwardable verification card to every registered voter who has not
voted in four (4) years, also to any voter with returned mail to our
office;
- in addition, we
choose one (1) precinct to mail every voter a card, which eventually
will target every voter;
- place every person
on inactive whose
verification card was returned to our office from the post office as
undeliverable, foe, etc.;
- mail each person placed on inactive a
forwardable confirmation card.
As a result of the mailing of the
confirmation notice:
- if the voter returns
the form or otherwise notifies the election commission in writing and
indicates that there is in fact no change in address, the voter's
registration will be returned to active status;
- if the voter returns
the form or otherwise notifies the election commission in writing and
indicates a new address within the county of current registration, the
voter's registration will be updated to reflect the new address of
residence;
- if the voter returns
the form or otherwise notifies the election commion in writing and
indicates a new address in another county, the Administrator of
Elections shall remove the voter's name from the voter registration
rolls, and shall advise the voter how to register in the new county of
residence;
- if a voter fails to
respond to a confirmation notice, and the voter does not have a new
address or has a new address within the same precinct, the voter
may appear at the voter's polling place and vote in any election held
between the time the notice was sent and second regular November
election held after the notice was sent. When appearing to vote,
the person will be required to make written affirmation on a
(fail-safe-affidavit form) before they can vote;
- if a voter fails to
respond to a confirmation notice and if the voter has changed the
voter's address of residence to an address within the same county but
in another precinct,
the voter may correct the registration and vote at the appropriate
polling place for the voter's new residence in any election held
between the time the notice was sent and the second regular November
election
held after the notice was sent. When appearing to vote, the
person will be required to make written affirmation on a
(fail-safe-affidavit form) before they can vote;
- if a voter fails to
respond to a confirmation notice, does not appear to vote, and does not
update the voter registration between the time the notice is sent and
the second regular November election held after the notice was sent,
the Administrator of Elections shall Purge the voter's
registration.
NOTE: The change of
status does not affect the voter's eligibility to sign a petition or to
vote. However, to have the person's name counted on a petition,
the address given on the petition must either be the same as the
address on the voter registration record or within the same precinct as
the address on record with the election commission.
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