Not sure why Twitter allowed this disinformation to stay up; California won’t mail ballots for a month. But I’d like to address a related issue: Why some people are still on the voter rolls of states they’ve left. TLDR it’s not a big deal but it is usually their own fault.
Jarrett Stepman
 @JarrettStepman
4 Sep 2020
My parents, who live in California, just received my voting ballot. I haven't lived in California for 10 years... This mass mail in election is going to go great!
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When you move out of a state where you’re registered to vote, you are supposed to inform the state government, which will remove you from the voter rolls. Most people forget to do this, so states periodically ask registered voters who stopped voting if they’ve moved.
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States will eventually remove you from the rolls if they find evidence that you’ve moved (e.g., you stopped voting there and you don’t answer election mailers sent to your registered address). But you are supposed to tell the state you moved so it doesn’t have to investigate.
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It’s not illegal to be registered to vote in multiple states! Lots of people are. It’s just illegal to *vote* in multiple states. But most voters who complain that a state doesn’t know they’ve moved should blame ... themselves, for failing to inform the state that they’ve moved!
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Occasionally, a state might mistakenly keep you on the voter rolls after you inform it that you’ve moved. Not a big deal. But if you’re worried about stale voter registrations, you should be teaching people how to take themselves off the rolls, not spreading conspiracy theories!
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Replying to @mjs_DC
When I moved from Pennsylvania to California at 22, I naively thought that the "where were you previously registered to vote?" question on the California voter registration form would lead to me being unregistered in PA. It didn't.

Sep 6, 2020 · 4:07 PM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @mjs_DC
It's a reasonable assumption. That's how it works elsewhere...
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