[HPFGU-OTChatter] Politics, using fandom, and The Leaky Cauldron site

[Przemyslaw Plaskowicki]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:35:02 -0400, Heidi <lists at heidi8.com> wrote:
> Przemyslaw Plaskowicki asked:
> <<For us Europeans the real question is: Will they put similar
> announcement when there will be elections for European Parliament? ;-)>>
> 
> 
> Well, it depends. Do you have to register to vote more than a month
> before the actual elections? If you do, then yes, we'd happily do a
> reminder a few days before registration closes, as it does next week
> in much of the US. A lot of people outside the US may not realise that
> if you don't register to vote at least a month before an election, you
> cannot vote in the election. California, Massachusetts, Alabama and
> other states allow registration up until two weeks before the
> election, though, and Maine, being sensible, allows same-day
> registration.

I can not vouch for every country in the EU, but at least in Poland
(and I believe in other EU members with compulsory national ID cards)
you need to register only when you are living in the place different
than specified on your ID card.  Nevertheless, maybe people need to
register in the UK, since UK does not have compulsory ID cards.


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Przemyslaw 'Pshemekan' Plaskowicki