Voter beware: Confusing letter from San Diego Registrar of Voters may discourage election turnout

By San Diego Citybeat October 18, 2010
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DAVE MAASS, SAN DIEGO CITYBEAT

Thousands of San Diego County residents who downloaded voter forms from the California Secretary of State’s

There
are two types of voter-registration forms that are valid in California.
The state’s official form includes a blank for a birth place. But the
Secretary of State’s website provides the National Mail Voter
Registration Form, which does not require the information.
San Diego County Registrar Deborah Seiler prefers the state form. As a
result, her office automatically interprets a correctly filled-out
federal registration form as incomplete.


Line 5 is the date of birth, while Line 6 is place of birth.)

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