Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If I were voting for the first time in my county, I
> > would have had to
> > show photo ID.
>
> A lot of the time (possibly to avoid this problem?)
> fake voters are not created out of whole cloth - they
> are people who have moved and/or died, but are still
> left on the voter rolls. Absentee ballots also have a
> pretty high rate of fraud, I believe. In either case
> I don't think the "first time voter" rule would help,
> although I may be misunderstanding what you and Nick
> are describing.
If I died and the county didn't know to pull me off the voting rolls,
and someone showed up with my voter registration card, she could vote as
me.
Remind me to leave directions to get my card shredded upon my death....
Julia
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