Two months registration law clarification

[Alcon]

We need to either clarify or fix the two months registration law.

As it is currently, "two months" is, I believe, how the law is on the book.  Assuming a member moved from, say, New York to Illinois on February 1st, you would naturally assume that they would be able to return on April 1st, two months later.

The fundamental problem I see with this law is that it is too touchy.  If the member moved on February 1st, it would be 59 days before they could move back.

On the other hand, if the member moved on December 1st, they would be able to move again on February 1st - 62 days later.

It seems illogical that the amount of days you have to wait before moving is determined by what time of year you register.  I would encourage the law to be changed to make it read "60 days" instead of "two months."

While this may seem fairly trivial, chances are with our election schedules that this problem will eventually come up and I think it will be easier to fix now than then, because it really, really makes no sense.

Alcon
Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs

[Alcon]

I'd be willing to give Casey's a try assuming that registration changes were made in a new post.  It is simply too hard to track otherwise.  We need to minimise the possibility for error to avoid voter disenfranchisement.