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10/2/2014:  October 6th is the last day to register or update your address online. Republishing this post with  updated data because of the timely importance.  - RMF

If you have not registered to vote for the general election, do so now at www.myvote.wa.gov.  I talked extensively with the Whatcom County election desk and others about 1,927 'undeliverable' (returned) primary ballots, some of which came from the 200 series precincts centered around WWU. Here is some information on reactivation of your voting status if you leave Bellingham for the summer.

If you are a registered active voter (e.g. student) and you move home for the summer, your registration status becomes inactive if your mail-in ballot is 'undeliverable' for the (August) Primary election. When you return in the fall, simply log in to MyVote WA (www.myvote.wa.gov) with your name and birthdate, *UPDATE* your registration with your new Whatcom County/Bellingham address, and *presto* you will become an active voter here again. It is probable that many of you changed your voter registration address when you moved home (e.g. out of Whatcom County) so you could vote in your home county WA primary. Most probably, you would have not been mailed a Whatcom County ballot here. If you were a registered voter in Whatcom County, and if 'home' for you was not a county in WA State, you most probably were mailed a Primary ballot to your school year address. Simply change your voter registration to a Whatcom County address when you return to your new residence in Whatcom County in the fall. You will be activated.

Student or not, if you move, you *MUST* change your address every time you change residence. You can do this  either on-line (*preferable method*) at www.myvote.wa.gov or by calling the elections desk for Whatcom County. Do this as soon as you find your new place here in Whatcom County.  There is no automation or reminder for you to change your voting address. This does not happen 'automagically' when you forward your mail via the USPS.  Unless you set up it, your smart phone or tablet or email will not remind you to change your voter registration address. It's all up to you. 

Below are some summary voter data base statistics as of 10/02/2014 for Whatcom County (Code here):


 -- All Active
 Select Sum(Count) from zA;
  sum
--------
 126131


 -- All Inactive
 Select Sum(Count) from zI;
  sum
-------
 14060


 -- All Active in 42nd
 Select Sum(Count) from z42;
  sum
-------
 85427


 -- All Active in 40th
 Select Sum(Count) from z40;
  sum
-------
 40704


 -- All Active in 42nd who voted in 2013GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z142ld;
  sum
-------
 45451


 -- All Active in 42nd who voted in 2013GE and 2012GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z242ld;
  sum
-------
 42977


 -- All Active in 42nd who did not vote in 2013GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z0ld42;
  sum
-------
 34764


 -- All Active in 42nd who did not vote in 2013GE and 2012GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z02ld42;
  sum
-------
 10836


 -- All Active in 42nd who were not registered in 2013GE
 Select Sum(Count) from zNULL1ld42;
 sum
------
 5212


 -- All Active in 42nd who were not registered in 2013GE or 2012GE
 Select Sum(Count) from zNULL2ld42;
 sum
------
 5000



 -- All Active who voted in 2013GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z1;
  sum
-------
 67598


 -- All Active who voted in 2013GE and 2012GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z2;
  sum
-------
 63494


 -- All Active who did not return a ballot in 2013GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z0;
  sum
-------
 49997


 --All Active who did not return a ballot in 2013GE or 2012GE
 Select Sum(Count) from z02;
  sum
-------
 14476


 -- All Active who were not registered in 2013GE
 Select Sum(Count) from zNULL1;
 sum
------
 8536


 -- All Active who were not registered in 2013GE or 2012GE
 Select Sum(Count) from zNULL2;
 sum
------
 8202