Dear Abby - Voting information is just a click away

DEAR ABBY: Election Day is just over a month away. As it approaches, people have questions about voting.

USAGov can help. We're the federal program that connects Americans to government information and services. We created an online guide to voting and elections at USA.gov/voting.

Our goal is to equip everyone with the information they need to register and get their vote counted.

There, readers can begin the registration process for their state or contact their local election office to update their voter information, learn what form of identification may be needed and the location of their polling place. We also provide information on how to vote early or absentee. -NANCY TYLER, SENIOR EDITOR, USA.GOV

DEAR NANCY: A person who has the right to vote and doesn't is no better off than the millions of people in this world who do not have that privilege. We are fortunate to live in a country where citizens are allowed to vote. The direction our country takes domestically and internationally is to a great extent determined by the citizens who vote.

Visit the voter registration section of USA.gov/voting, where you will find a button to begin the registration process.

DEAR ABBY: I work in an office where employee badges are used to gain access to the building. I know most of the people who work here and hold the door open for them, but there are also a lot of people I don't know - some with badges indicating they work here, and others without identification.

I don't want to let in someone who does not belong here. -BUILDING ACCESS IN BOISE

DEAR BOISE: If someone doesn't have an access card or a security badge, you should not hold the door open regardless of how friendly the person appears to be. To do otherwise circumvents the security and safety of the building and puts everyone - including yourself - at risk.