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John misses the voter registration deadline after moving to Chicago (2000)

story · status: told 3× · last event: told (2016-08-09)

In August 2000, newly moved to Chicago with a Florida driver's license, John missed the voter registration deadline, which he called one of the great shames of his life.

Origin known from later mentions

2000 in the title is when this began; it first appears in the videos read here in 2007, so the earlier part is known only from what is said later.

Told alongside: John: always vote, a promise made after he failed to vote in Florida in the 2000 US presidential election

About: Chicago (city), Florida, voter registration

date event what video
2007-01-04 told John says he did not vote in 2000 even though he could have voted in Florida, and comically blames himself for George Bush. (playful) Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper 00:00:40
2012-05-08 retold John doesn't want to vote while sick, but after failing to vote in Florida in the 2000 presidential election he promised himself and his country he would always vote. Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote 00:01:10
2016-08-09 (happened 2000-08) told John tells how, in August 2000, newly moved to Chicago with a Florida driver's license and no idea how to register, he missed the registration deadline; he calls it one of the great shames of his life. Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) 00:02:41

What is said about it

2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).