[EL] Interview request

[Doug Hess]

Regarding Trevor's first sentence below. Back when the NVRA was first
implemented, I thought the national standard for an address for those
without one was the place where you can be reached by mail. The one
example for this that I recall, not sure from who or on what it was
based, was that a homeless citizen could use a nearby church as their
address because they could get mail there. So, even if they had no
other address, they could use that. Was this not right or did
something change this?  Or was/is this only for some states?

If this is how a homeless citizen can register, why couldn't a similar
logic apply to using a PO Box? It certainly places you close to a
specific geographic marker and you can be reached there (not to
mention you have to jump through other government hoops to get it that
likely have penalties of their own attached if you are not who you say
you are).

BTW, isn't an RFD an address in the sense that it tells you the
general location of a person? Combined with their name, it seems the
point of an RFD is the same as a street address for a large residence
with many people, etc. (or a nunnery to continue today's religious
theme; I don't know if Trappist monks number their cells for mail).

-Doug

From: Trevor Potter <tpotter at capdale.com>
To: "Barnes, Leslie" <LBarnes at iec.IN.gov>, <JBoppjr at aol.com>, William
Groth <wgroth at fdgtlaborlaw.com>, <levittj at lls.edu>,
<law-election at department-lists.uci.edu>
Cc:
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:34:44 -0500

Subject: Re: [EL] Interview request

Many states do not accept po boxes or rfd addresses (postal addresses)
as a "residence address", requiring instead the physical locator (401
Elm street). This is a problem in rural sections of the country, where
peiple will not have any biills etc showing their physical residence
address, because all mail goes to a postal address. Is this the case
in indiana?