Emails from Pennsylvania and South Dakota about their Republican primary

Pennsylvania and South Dakota both have later primaries, April 22 and June 3 respectively, but we can’t have questions marks in the table now can we . All other states can get their primary information here.

From: Pennsylvania
Subject: RE: Voter Registration questions and information
Date: October 3, 2007 1:14:20 PM GMT-04:00
To: Mark

Mark,
The deadline for changing political affiliations before the 2008 presidential primary is currently March 24th; however, this date is tentative, due to the possibility of a passage of amendatory legislation by the General Assembly, which would essentially change the date. A list of important election dates can be accessed on our website at: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/elections/lib/elections/030_important_dates/importantdatesupcoming.pdf. If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact our office. Thank you.

—–Original Message—–
From: Mark
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:23 PM
To: Pennsylvania
Subject: Voter Registration questions and information

Hello, can you confirm how much advance notice is required for a registered voter in Pennslyvania to change their party affiliation? Specifically, if a Pennsylvania state resident wants to participate in the upcoming presidential primary election as a Republican, and is currently a registered Democrat, what is the last day for them to change their party affiliation for that election?

Thanks,
Mark

From: South Dakota
Subject: RE: Election Question
Date: October 3, 2007 12:39:29 PM GMT-04:00
To: Mark

Good morning Mark,

The voter registration deadline is 15 days prior to each election. The voter would need to make that change by that deadline in order to change party affiliation to vote in the primary election.

I would encourage the voter to make that change prior to the deadline to make sure the verification of the voter’s information on the registration form goes through all the checks and isn’t kicked back to the county auditor. If the information gets kicked back to the county auditor the day after the filing deadline, those changes would not be in effect for that election.

Let me know if you need anything further.

Kea Warne
Election Supervisor
Office of South Dakota Secretary of State
500 East Capitol Ave, Pierre SD 57501

—–Original Message—–
From: Mark
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:31 AM
To: South Dakota
Subject: Election Question

Hello, can you confirm how much advance notice is required for a registered voter in South Dakota to change their party affiliation? Specifically, if a South Dakota state resident wants to participate in the upcoming presidential primary election as a Republican, and is currently a registered Democrat, what is the last day for them to change their party affiliation for that election?

Thanks,
Mark