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How do you "unregister" to vote?

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I have been called up for jury duty 2 times in 2 years. Its aggrivating. Is there a way to "unregister to vote" since that is how they pick you?

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  1. It's both a privilege and a duty to serve on a jury.  

    Two times in two years?  I'd call the county courthouse or where ever you were  called to serve.


  2. That probably wouldn't be enough to get you out of it anyway - I think most, if not all, states allow that anyone who has a drivers license or ID can be added to the pool too.

  3. Check your state laws. In some states you are not required to serve if you have served within a certain period of time. In my state if you have been called for jury duty within the last two years (three years if you had to return for another day) you simply return a photocopy of your paperwork stating that you served (even if you only came) and they send you a statement excusing you from jury duty. Also most states now use a number of sources of information for names of jurors: licenses (my wife got one while she was a permanent resident and not allowed to vote or serve on a jury), phone books, etc. There was an attempt to ban using voter lists as selection criteria for jury duty (how many states adopted this I don't know) due to the fact that fewer people registered to vote because of it.

  4. If this bothers you so much, why don't you just move to a country that does not have jury trials?

  5. Unless you move or your name changes, your registration remains valid indefinitely. I understand that jury duty can be a real pain but it is our civic duty. That being said, if it's too much of a hardship for you, there is a way to get out of it.

    When I went in for jury duty, the judge ask some questions similar to the one below. I didn't raise my hand in response to any of them. Those who did, were called to duty. The rest of us were allowed to go home.

    "Is there anyone here who cannot serve as a jury member because their boss won't give them time off?"

    To this, you do NOT raise your hand. Employers HAVE to let you off for jury duty so if you were to raise your hand, the judge would immediately put you with the IN group.

    A few valid reasons for not being able to serve on jury duty would be things like school or college classes, children or elderly to take care of, or medical reasons.

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