I heard that if you register to vote they put you on the list for jury duty. I wonder if this is true. My suspicions are that it is. When I voted for president in 1996 I got the jury duty summons shortly afterwards. I didn't register to vote in the last election just because I don't want to go on jury duty and I havn't gotten any summons. I want to vote but damn, it really isn't worth going through the trouble of going to jury duty. Looks like I will never vote again...
registering to vote and jury duty
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Hmmm....I think I have an extra Nomex(tm) suit around here somewhere.....
Ah, there it is! Hope it fits okay.
That is not true. I have never registered to vote in my life, but I have still gotten called for jury duty, every year, for the past three years. I think they get it from either selective services or your drivers license.
That is correct. Yes you are listed for Jury duty for voting, drivers Lin, etc...
But do not vote please if you know that little, like everybody else said, learn about who to vote for NOT a party to vote for, but the person, then vote. If you don't want to be on a Jury go to another country, I here the jury process in Iraq is pretty easy
all of you think I'm stupid, but you know what? Going to downtown LA for jury duty sucks, A LOT! I'll do anything to avoid it.
And how do you know I'm an "uninformed" voter? I listen to NPR everyday so I know what's going on and would like to vote, but I won't.
I'm just expressing my disappointment at not being able to vote because of this added obligation of having to go to jury duty.
And how do you know I'm an "uninformed" voter? I listen to NPR everyday so I know what's going on and would like to vote, but I won't.
I'm just expressing my disappointment at not being able to vote because of this added obligation of having to go to jury duty.
"If you don't vote, don't ever criticize the gov't." That is what someone told me.
Well, it was more like: "You don't have the right to criticize", but that would violate the 1st Amendment. OTOH, it would make better sense.
Well, it was more like: "You don't have the right to criticize", but that would violate the 1st Amendment. OTOH, it would make better sense.
As another person said, I've never voted in my life and I still get summoned for jury duty. hmm, i'm not even a california resident (at least according to my school, UCLA) yet i STILL get summoned for jury duty for california. what's up with that?
Cause if you weren't "uninformed", you'd know that once you register to vote you're registered permanently (unless you change your name or address). You don't have to re-register for every election.
Originally posted by: weezergirl
As another person said, I've never voted in my life and I still get summoned for jury duty. hmm, i'm not even a california resident (at least according to my school, UCLA) yet i STILL get summoned for jury duty for california. what's up with that?
I don't know...dead people register to vote...dead people get summoned for jury duty...coincidence? I think not...
pure coincidence... i got summoned right when i turned 18 and maybe a year and 1/2 or so later.. that was before i registered to vote. i vote regularly and have yet to get jury duty *knock on wood*again.
they used to do it by registering to vote, but people were just not registering to get out of it... sooooo... they changed it to driver's license a while back.
oh crap, my driver's license is up for renewal, does that mean I will get a summons?? what if I just don't respond...
hey weezergirl, did u actually go to jury duty? I got summons when I was a student at UCLA too. I got out of it by having a professor I was working for write me a letter telling me of the "economic hardship" I would endure if I had to go to jury duty. Never got summoned ever since. But I think they will find me again soon
hey weezergirl, did u actually go to jury duty? I got summons when I was a student at UCLA too. I got out of it by having a professor I was working for write me a letter telling me of the "economic hardship" I would endure if I had to go to jury duty. Never got summoned ever since. But I think they will find me again soon
Originally posted by: SubZeroX
oh crap, my driver's license is up for renewal, does that mean I will get a summons?? what if I just don't respond...
hey weezergirl, did u actually go to jury duty? I got summons when I was a student at UCLA too. I got out of it by having a professor I was working for write me a letter telling me of the "economic hardship" I would endure if I had to go to jury duty. Never got summoned ever since. But I think they will find me again soon
You probably will get summoned. That summons came right after I renewed my license as well.
I got out of jury duty but it's a bit sketchy. I use my aunt's address as my address on my license but I actually don't live there. So when she got the jury summons she just put "Return to sender" and something about how I moved hehe. They haven't written back since! So I dunno what happened.
Is jury duty that awful? I've never been called for jury duty.
I mean, I think taxes suck, and cost me money, but I don't quit my job and move out of my home because of them. Just seems to me that jury duty is another thing that isn't so great for the individual necessarily but makes the USA better as a whole, or something.
Yeah.
Mike
I mean, I think taxes suck, and cost me money, but I don't quit my job and move out of my home because of them. Just seems to me that jury duty is another thing that isn't so great for the individual necessarily but makes the USA better as a whole, or something.
Yeah.
Mike
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SubZeroX -I heard that if you register to vote they put you on the list for jury duty.
In California:
"Counties may choose names randomly from Department of Motor Vehicles lists, voter lists, and lists such as the utility company's customer list or telephone directories."
notfred- once you register to vote you're registered permanently (unless you change your name or address). You don't have to re-register for every election.
In California:
"You must re-register to vote if:
you change your address within the county or move to another county in California
you change your name
you wish to affiliate with (join) a political party or change your political party affiliation
From time to time the County Elections Official will mail a form to your address. If the form is returned by the post office because you no longer live at that address then the County Elections Official will remove your name from the list of registered voters."
So, SubZeroX, you became part of the CA jury pool when you got a CA driver's license, license plates, a phone, utilities, your voter's registration and probably other things, too. It looks like not voting (or re-registering if you need to) won't get you off the jury duty rolls. I guess you'll have to come up with another reason for never voting again.
In California:
"Counties may choose names randomly from Department of Motor Vehicles lists, voter lists, and lists such as the utility company's customer list or telephone directories."
notfred- once you register to vote you're registered permanently (unless you change your name or address). You don't have to re-register for every election.
In California:
"You must re-register to vote if:
you change your address within the county or move to another county in California
you change your name
you wish to affiliate with (join) a political party or change your political party affiliation
From time to time the County Elections Official will mail a form to your address. If the form is returned by the post office because you no longer live at that address then the County Elections Official will remove your name from the list of registered voters."
So, SubZeroX, you became part of the CA jury pool when you got a CA driver's license, license plates, a phone, utilities, your voter's registration and probably other things, too. It looks like not voting (or re-registering if you need to) won't get you off the jury duty rolls. I guess you'll have to come up with another reason for never voting again.
Look, even if you get summoned there is no chance that you will ever serve on a jury, just answer their questions and there is no way they will let you serve...Originally posted by: SubZeroX
oh crap, my driver's license is up for renewal, does that mean I will get a summons?? what if I just don't respond...
hey weezergirl, did u actually go to jury duty? I got summons when I was a student at UCLA too. I got out of it by having a professor I was working for write me a letter telling me of the "economic hardship" I would endure if I had to go to jury duty. Never got summoned ever since. But I think they will find me again soon
I just served on a trial this week and one of the questions asked by the lawers during the interview phase to all the jurors was wether we are voters. The judge informed us that they go by a valid drivers liscense. This is in Florida, so from what he is saying, If you are liscensed to drive you can be selected for jury duty. Don't know about other states though.
If anyone ever gets selected, it was a really neat experience. I was ticked at first but as the trial went on I became very interested in it. Heck, the whole trial in a sense revolved around us, so everyone was basically catering to our needs. Are you hungry, thirsty, cold..ect...
If anyone ever gets selected, it was a really neat experience. I was ticked at first but as the trial went on I became very interested in it. Heck, the whole trial in a sense revolved around us, so everyone was basically catering to our needs. Are you hungry, thirsty, cold..ect...
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