Tim_Tex wrote:
Kitty4670 wrote:
Do you have to vote? Will voting make you on a list for jury duties?
Registering to vote will put you on the jury duty list, but voting itself won't.
Voting is not required in the U.S., but is in some other countries.
I looked it up because I thought juries were selected by drivers licenses, but apparently it's more complicated than that, and also depends on your state. Here's one article I found:
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In most states, voter registration is one of many lists used to call jurors. In Texas or New York, for example, you can be summoned for jury duty if your name appears on a voter registration list, or if you have a state ID; have filed for income tax or unemployment; etc. In these states, being registered to vote makes you no more likely to get called for jury duty than simply having a driver’s license.
States like California, Maine, and Florida, on the other hand, leave voter registration lists out of the jury summons process entirely; they use other lists (like drivers licenses and utility company lists) to find jurors.
This claim is not completely baseless, however. It’s true that there are some counties in a handful of states that exclusively use voter registration lists to summon jurors. As far as I can tell, they are Louisiana, Alabama, South Dakota, and Tennessee’s Eastern District and Western District (but weirdly NOT Tennessee’s Middle District). If avoiding jury duty at all costs is your ultimate goal, you can look at your own district court’s website to find out exactly how they get you. (And if you want to go down a deep rabbit hole of reading the minutiae of your state’s statutes on juror selection, have at it.)
Bottom line: In the majority of states, registering to vote makes you no more likely to get called for jury duty than having a state ID or paying state taxes.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifehacker.com/the-most-common-myths-about-voter-registration-debunke-1829497517/amp
12 Oct 2020, 5:50 pm
