{"id":91943,"date":"2016-10-21T13:10:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T20:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=91943"},"modified":"2020-08-19T14:13:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T21:13:17","slug":"voter-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/voter-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About Voter Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is about to embark on its most historical (and chaotic) election to date.<\/p>\n<p>However, you can&#8217;t just stroll up to a voting booth, show your ID, and cast your ballot. You have to be a registered voter to make sure your voice is heard during this epic election.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there isn&#8217;t a hard, fast set of rules for registering to vote (North Dakota doesn&#8217;t even have voter registration!). Each state has its own set of requirements for registering. Luckily, those requirements are all over the internet and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americancla.org\/voters_registration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easily accessible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are however a few universal rules when it comes to voting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/register-to-vote#item-212447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Can Vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. citizens<\/li>\n<li>People who meet their state&#8217;s residency requirements (Fact: You can be homeless and still meet the requirements)<\/li>\n<li>People who are 18-years-old on or before Election Day<\/li>\n<li>People who register to vote before their state&#8217;s deadline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who Can&#8217;t Vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non U.S. citizens<\/li>\n<li>For the presidential election, people residing in U.S. territories may not vote, even if they are U.S. Citizens<\/li>\n<li>Some people with felonies (varies state to state)<\/li>\n<li>Some people who are mentally handicap (varies state to state)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Do I Register?<\/strong><br \/>\nAgain, this varies state to state but most U.S. Citizens can register at the following locations in person:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State or local election office<\/li>\n<li>The DMV<\/li>\n<li>Armed forces recruiting offices<\/li>\n<li>Or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/hellovote-reigstration-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register to vote through text<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Can I Register Online?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes! But only if you reside in one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/research\/elections-and-campaigns\/electronic-or-online-voter-registration.aspx#Table%20of%20states%20w\/ovr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">31 states<\/a> that allows for online voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very important that you register properly based on your states requirements so you can ensure your vote is counted for the 2016 election. Get out and vote!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"The United States is about to embark on its most historical (and chaotic) election to ...","author":7532758,"featured_media":91945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/21131006\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-21-at-1.08.05-PM-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/21131006\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-21-at-1.08.05-PM.jpg","formated_date":"October 21, 2016","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"Jamie Gaul","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#e25aa1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7532758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}