I registered to vote by mistake

[Yahiajafar 1]

I have citizenship interview on December 9th 2021 and I’m so worried! 

 

On November 20 I got verification of registration issued by the board of election commission to my house mailing address, After hours of searching on google to see what this card for and I went to https://ova.elections.il.gov/RegistrationLookup.aspx . And I put my name and my birth of date and my house address and said you have been registered to vote back on October 22 2016  I got really shocked how this happened so next day on November 23th 2021 I went to the election office on 69 w Washington, Chicago, Il 60602  to see how I have been registered and remove my name from the registration list, I told the lady who she work at the election registration I’m green card holder and I’m green card holder and I found out that I have been registered to vote and I’m not sure how this happened and the lady at the office told me, if you didn’t vote you will be ok, anyone can register but you can’t Vote and I asked her to be removed, and then she asked for my ID and she checked on her computer and then she told me you have never voted to any federal election and you may been registered to Vote at the DMV or online I’m not sure, so she gave approve of paperwork that’s I have been removed from the registration list and approve that’s I have never voted in any federal election. 

 

Can you give me any advice for what should I do or say to the office at the citizenship interview? 

[dattran1116 12]

You should be ok. Dont think too much. You can explain to the officer that you just registered to vote by mistake but you never vote anything.

That happened with somebody who registered to vote at DMV by mistake. And they still become an US citizen anw! Good luck.

[Yahiajafar 1]

I hope so! 

[Dashinka 24,494]

Happens fairly often especially now with some locations allowing non-USCs to vote in local elections.  Here is a thread that may be helpful, but I would not worry about it.  Just write down the explanation of what happened to the best of your knowledge so you can give it to the IO at the interview.  The IO will review the N400 form with you in total, so you can update your answer to the N400 question in Part 12 Question 2, since it appears you were registered.

 

Good Luck!

 

 

[Yahiajafar 1]

I’m wondering what happened to her case since she had her interview by now . 

[Dashinka 24,494]

25 minutes ago, Yahiajafar said:

I’m wondering what happened to her case since she had her interview by now . 

You can send a PM to the original poster in that thread as it appears they are still active.

Edited November 29, 2021 by Dashinka

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

15 hours ago, Yahiajafar said:

I have citizenship interview on December 9th 2021 and I’m so worried! 

 

On November 20 I got verification of registration issued by the board of election commission to my house mailing address, After hours of searching on google to see what this card for and I went to https://ova.elections.il.gov/RegistrationLookup.aspx . And I put my name and my birth of date and my house address and said you have been registered to vote back on October 22 2016  I got really shocked how this happened so next day on November 23th 2021 I went to the election office on 69 w Washington, Chicago, Il 60602  to see how I have been registered and remove my name from the registration list, I told the lady who she work at the election registration I’m green card holder and I’m green card holder and I found out that I have been registered to vote and I’m not sure how this happened and the lady at the office told me, if you didn’t vote you will be ok, anyone can register but you can’t Vote and I asked her to be removed, and then she asked for my ID and she checked on her computer and then she told me you have never voted to any federal election and you may been registered to Vote at the DMV or online I’m not sure, so she gave approve of paperwork that’s I have been removed from the registration list and approve that’s I have never voted in any federal election. 

 

Can you give me any advice for what should I do or say to the office at the citizenship interview? 

now dont go and actually vote and say you did it by mistake until you become a citizen 

[SalishSea 17,829]

I believe the advice generally given by esteemed member @pushbrk is that as long as you didn't actually use that voter registration to cast a vote in an election, you should be fine.   Hopefully he can clarify.

[pushbrk 12,883]

Tell the truth and take the documentation to the interview.  I expect you'll be OK.

[Yahiajafar 1]

I really do appreciate your advices. I called the election office and they told me you have been registered by the DMV when you got your ID. I never voted or used the card .