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About Draft Registration
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.


Conscientious Objectors and the Draft