"Registered Voters"

[Marco Anglesio]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Eric Beck wrote:
> </smaller>Wrong! In 1996 turnout of registered voters was 66%. In 1992
> it was 78%. In 1988 it was 72%. Etc.
> <<http://www.fec.gov/pages/htmlto5.htm> These are the sort of numbers
> Germany and Canada reach or surpass in parliamentary elections, whereas
> in the US, Congressional-year elections have traditionally turned out
> about 55%.

Does one have to be a "Registered Voter" to in fact vote?  Or can one
affirm one's residency and eligibility or somesuch and vote anyway? 

I ended up having to affirm my eligibility to vote in the 1993 federal
election. Not that it made one whit of difference to the eventual outcome
of the election, but I believe that you can't do that any more in Canada.

Marco

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