Before you register:
- Read the information below.
- Seek out a qualified draft counselor, attorney, or draft counseling agency.
- Consider your options.
If you decide to register:
- Find a post office for your registration that has an accessible photocopier.
- Print in legible black ink across the middle of the registration form: I AM A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR TO WAR IN ANY FORM. This is not a classification, but it may help you later to document your position as a CO.
- Make a photocopy of your registration form for your own records before you submit it to the postal worker for date stamp and initials.
- Bearing in mind that no actual draft is at all likely, it is up to you whether to put a complete statement of your conscientious objector beliefs on file with your religious body, CCW, or any other counseling agency. Such a statement would be helpful in qualifying for the U.S. Peace Tax Fund should it become law.