Ramona Said:

I am an american who turned 18 in the UK but want to vote in US elections...?

We Answered:

If you were born in the US, you are a citizen. This gives you the right to vote regardless of where you are living, going to school, etc. (With a few notable exceptions) You can even vote on issues local to the area in which you are registered to vote, not just the Presidential election.

Therefore, in seems you need to get registered. If you are male, you need to be registered with the Selective Service first, but if you have done that, they should have asked you if you wanted to register as a voter.

Since you don't have your parents in the states, I would ask them where they are registered. You can register there by default, or choose a locale where you can show you have ties, such as the address of a relative, etc. Also, on you education visa, you had to list a permanent address in the States. That is where I would go to get registered.

Jaime Said:

can i vote or not? (UK)?

We Answered:

You and your partner have received poll cards, therefore you must be on the register and can vote as otherwise you wouldn't have got them. If you look at yours, you'll find your register number on it. All the advertising about having to register is just a nudge to the minority of people that haven't - or is supposed to be, as it's confusing a lot of people who, like you, have been wondering whether they need to register when they don't have to because they're registered already. No doubt you are on the register because you completed the annual canvass form that came in the post last autumn. It comes round every year so the register can be updated for people who have moved.

There are indeed two elections. By law, local elections are on the first Thursday in May. It depends where you live whether there is one in your area every year, as local councils are all different (I live in a London borough, and we only get it every 4 years). It so happens that Gordon Brown decided to announce the general election for the same day. It makes sense - Parliament's five-year term expires in June, and it's a waste of money to make councils open up polling stations and arrange somewhere to count the votes twice within only a few weeks.

So you and your partner can vote, and when you go to the polling station, you'll get two ballot papers. One will be for the general election, and the other will be for the local council election. You get to place one X for the general election, and probably more than one on the other paper - most wards (the name for constituencies in local elections) have 2 or 3 councillors, so you get to vote 2 or 3 times on the same paper.

Hint - as the poll card will say, you don't have to take it to the polling station, but it speeds things up if you do. The reason is that the poll clerk has a copy of the register and will look up your name in it to check a) that you are on it and b) that you haven't voted already (they tick your name off). The poll card will help the clerk find you quicker as it's in register number order.

Edit - the_unluckiest is incorrect. You don't have to take any form of ID with you. This will be the sixth general election I have voted in (not to mention local elections, European parliament elections, London Mayoral elections...) and I KNOW you won't be asked for any.

Tiffany Said:

Do I need to register to vote?

We Answered:

Yes you do, this tells you how:
http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/
But for young people living at home their parents are usually asked to put the name of anyone in the family down when they are 17, the electoral registration forms are updated every year, they come through the post in our area and then someone comes to the house to double check.

Mitchell Said:

How do I contact the chief electrol officer to inform them of my intention to vote as a south african citizan?

We Answered:

Vote D.A....no one wants Zuma in power

check this link

http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?…

think it might be too late for you