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Get Out The Vote ALL 50 States

Use these links to find your state Election Board.

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Alabama https://myinfo.alabamavotes.gov/

Alaska https://voterregistration.alaska.gov/

Arizona https://voter.azsos.gov/VoterView/Home.do

**Arkansas **No State registration page. Commissioners by County. http://www.arkansas.gov/sbec/election-commissioner

California https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/

Colorado https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/main.html?menuheaders=5

Connecticut https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do

D.C. https://www.dcboe.org/Voters/Register-To-Vote/Register-to-Vote/

Delaware https://ivote.de.gov/voterlogin.aspx

Florida https://registration.elections.myflorida.com/CheckVoterStatus

Georgia https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcome.do#no-back-button

Hawaii https://olvr.hawaii.gov/

Idaho https://idahovotes.gov/

Illinois https://ova.elections.il.gov/RegistrationLookup.aspx

Indiana https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/indiana/

Iowa https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx

Kansas https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView

Kentucky https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/VIC/

Louisiana https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/VoterRegistration

Maine https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voter-info/index.html

Maryland https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/VoterSearch

Massachusetts https://www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx

Michigan https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections

Minnesota https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/VoterStatus.aspx

Mississippi https://www.msegov.com/sos/voter_registration/amiregistered/Search

Missouri https://s1.sos.mo.gov/elections/VoterLookup/

Montana https://app.mt.gov/voterinfo/

Nebraska https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/VoterView/

Nevada https://www.nvsos.gov/votersearch/

New Hampshire https://sos.nh.gov/elections/information/notices/voter-registration-motor-vehicle-law-jointly-issued-faqs/

New Jersey http://www.njelections.org/

New Mexico https://voterportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us/wheretovote.aspx?&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

New York https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/

North Carolina https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

North Dakota https://vip.sos.nd.gov/PortalListDetails.aspx?ptlhPKID=51&ptlPKID=7

Ohio https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx

Oklahoma https://oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp.html

Oregon https://sos.oregon.gov/voting-elections/Pages/default.aspx

Pennsylvania https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/voterregistrationstatus.aspx

Rhode Island https://vote.sos.ri.gov/

South Carolina https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/voterinquiry/VoterInformationRequest.aspx?PageMode=VoterInfo

South Dakota https://vip.sdsos.gov/vipLogin.aspx

Tennessee https://tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/

Texas https://teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do

Utah https://vote.utah.gov

Vermont https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/voters/registration/

Virginia https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation

Washington https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/MyVote/#/login

West Virginia https://services.sos.wv.gov/Elections/Voter/AmIRegisteredToVote

Wisconsin https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/FindMyPollingPlace

Wyoming http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/RegisteringToVote.aspx

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[–] mercano@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Republicans have won the presidency three times this century, but have only won the popular vote once, on George W. Bush’s second campaign in 2004. The Electoral College screwed us over in 2000 (Bush vs Gore) and 2016 (Trump vs Clinton).

The Deomocrats have also won the presidency three times this century, but also carried the popular vote every time they did. (Also, every time they won, Joe Biden has been on the ticket…)

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

so is that because of gerrymandering or how come the electoral college creates a different result?

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

It’s not intentional gerrymandering the same way that can happen when laying out congressional districts every 10 years, but it’s a form of gerrymandering from where the state boundaries got drawn. In addition, smaller population states have a disproportionate number of electoral votes, because every state gets 2 votes from their senators + a number of votes from their House members proportional to their population (minimum 1 representative, so minimum 3 total.)

Other than Nebraska and Maine, that splits their electoral votes, its winner take all within each state, so if you win a state by 1 million votes or just 1 vote, either way you win all of the state’s electoral votes.

Someone ran the numbers, based on the 2012-2021 congressional map, and worst case, you could win the popular vote 78.7% to 21.3% and still loose the election.