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Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:46 PM Jun 2022

What is the easiest way to change someone's address to allow them to

vote in a district where they have a chance to get proper representation? I'm trying to figure out if there is a legal way around gerrymandering. Does a person have to physically move? Or can they rent from a co-opt, without actually moving? As long as they only vote once in the State, does it really matter once they report the change to their elections office?

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What is the easiest way to change someone's address to allow them to (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 OP
Be very careful whatever route you choose bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #1
It's a shame that we can't render gerrymandering useless. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #2
How does gerrymandering have any effect on the Senate? MichMan Jun 2022 #3
Yes. Sorry. House. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #6
I believe it would be election fraud to vote in a district or state you don't live in. MichMan Jun 2022 #4
Definitely not considering voting outside the state. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #7
There may be serious legal implications there. Tommy Carcetti Jun 2022 #5
Not going to happen. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #8

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
1. Be very careful whatever route you choose
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:56 PM
Jun 2022

Dual addresses are going to be questioned. In some townships you must request a certificate of moving to cancel any certificate of occupancy. Your drivers license will need addresses too. And your mail delivery, utility bill, bank statements, state and local tax payments. I don't know if they go by the preponderance of the evidence. If you live somewhere, you live there. If you keep your old address physically, rent it out to another occupant. But they too need to be on the township register. At least that's the way it works, sort of, as I understand it, here.

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
2. It's a shame that we can't render gerrymandering useless.
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 06:02 PM
Jun 2022

Last edited Tue Jun 28, 2022, 07:17 PM - Edit history (1)

It's obvious they're going to cheat to get the House.

The only thing that will keep us alive is if a good portion of the Republicans grow a conscience.

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
7. Definitely not considering voting outside the state.
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 07:16 PM
Jun 2022

I was hoping there was a loophole we could exploit. But there doesn't seem to be any.

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