You might get caught up in mass voter purges designed to disenfranchise “unwelcome” voters. See Mass Purges Are the New Voter Suppression.

You forget to re-register to vote after every move (unless you want to vote at your old address).

What you need to know:

• Find the voter ID rules for your state. See Campus Vote Project, Vote Riders and many others.
• Check your registration each time you change addresses and before each election deadline for registering. If you are purged, you are unlikely to be notified.
• Get comfortable with the ballot and election process. See Rock the Vote’s Democracy Explainers and National Voter Corps’ Why Vote? – Voting 101 – 201, plus many more.

If your vote weren’t important, nobody would try to prevent you from voting.

Make your voice heard. Vote!