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Legitimate voter registration drives may contact you in person. However, the safest method is filling out the registration application and submitting it independently.
Voter registration information (deadlines, mail-in addresses and websites) by state is available at the Election Assistance Committee website.
States have their own registration forms, but most must accept the federal registration form as well, with the exception of Wyoming, New Hampshire, and the territories (won't accept) and Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin (voluntarily accept) or North Dakota (the only state without voter registration.)
Instructions for ID required are listed by state at the end of the federal form. Some states do require a social security number, but others accept a driver's license number.
Please note: Do not ignore a mailed request or postcard from your Secretary of State's Office or County Clerk/Recorder indicating you will be purged from voter rolls. While periodic purges are considered administrative cleanup for duplications and inactive voters, there's always speculation the process may be mishandled, especially during election years.
The National Voter Registration Act requires multiple notifications before purging, but individual states maintain their laws supercede NVRA rules.
In 2004, one member of the Scam Examiner household who previously missed one local mail-in election received notification requiring a signatory response within ten days before voter registration removal. Another member with the same address who also missed that ballot, did not. The fact that they were registered under different parties may or may not be relevant.
These requests should not require submitting personal information, however, and you may always contact the government office for verification.
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