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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: long-gone who wrote (5025)	11/7/2000 12:05:32 AM
From: pezz	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10042

<<I'm outraged. Are you?>> Well... you know us wicked liberals will do anything to win........Wish us luck!

To: long-gone who wrote (5025)	11/7/2000 7:48:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Below that letter is a P.S. that explains: "Here is your personal Voter Identification Card. Sign your name, then detach your card. Bring your card with you to your polling place on Election Day. It will help your voting go more smoothly." Apparently all the recipient needs to do with this Voter Identification Card is sign it to be eligible to vote. Keep in mind, this was sent to a previously unregistered voter. Well, at each polling center, they should match the person's registration card with their database of eligible voters. When I voted this morning (and the lines were LONGER than I have ever seen them before), they had TWO large spreadsheets with names and addresses of registered voters. If my name had not appeared on both of those printouts, I would not have been permitted to vote. Now I don't know if California has "same day" voter registration, which could be quite different. Odds are that in the next election people will be able to make extensive use of electronic voting, either being issued a personal voter identification number or some kind of other authenticating capability. But as the WSJ discussed today, all voters in Oregon voted by mail with no polling booths open... What we're seeing is the end of polling booth, exit polls, and quite likely absentee ballots. Hopefully, some of this will lessen the abuse we're seeing as well. Regards, Ron