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- SAFE AT HOME allows
state and local agencies to coordinate with the Secretary of State to
protect your real address.
- SAFE AT HOME staff
are here to help. For example, sometimes a new employer or bank or landlord
will question the legitimacy of a substitute address. SAFE
AT HOME staff provide assurances far beyond those of any post
office box service.
- SAFE AT HOME allows
an adult or guardian of a minor or incapacitated person to designate
the Secretary of State as his or her agent for service of process and
mail receipt. The program rules are the same for all participants.
- SAFE AT HOME provides
confidential address protection in public records and vital records.
While previously filed birth, death and marriage certificates remain
public, all new documents can be protected.
- You can sign up with an enrolling
agency, such as domestic violence shelters or reproductive health
care facilities. An enrolling agency will work with you on the evidence
of abuse or threats required for enrollment. Many local police, therapists
and even schools can refer you to an enrolling agency.
- SAFE AT HOME keeps
your voter registration confidential through a simple registration or
re-registration process. You will automatically receive "absentee
voter status" so you can vote by mail.
- Program participants can have their voter registration
information kept entirely confidential from campaigns, pollsters and
the media by completing a confidential voter registration affidavit
at the time of enrollment for the first time or re-registering at the
Registrar of Voters/County Clerks offices. Once registered, SAFE
AT HOME participants automatically receive “absent voter
status” so they can vote by mail. Absent voter privileges are
revoked once the participant’s four-year term expires or is cancelled.
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