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To: Ilaine who wrote (97690)	1/30/2005 1:46:49 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

then at least we'd know that my number was already used. Yes, you'd know that. But what can you do about it? If you had a record of the vote attached to that number, you could back the bogus one out and enter yours instead, assuming you turned out to be the real you, which would have to be investigated. If you don't have that record, there really is no good remedy. You'd just have a count of iffy votes like they do right now in Washington. It seems to me that this is one application where half measures don't get you very much. Why a national voting identifier? Voting is mostly local. National elections come once every other year. You wouldn't need a national identifier if you didn't care about fraud in national elections. There was some discussion on this thread a while back about snow birds who vote twice. Hard to tell how much multiple state voting goes on but the opportunity for fraud is there. Of course, we could ignore it as you suggest. We could continue to ignore the state level fraud, too, if we want. After all, very few elections are close enough for it to matter. edit Just took a look at my voter registration card. Issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Has a unique identifier number, and a blue seal that says "Sic Semper Tyrannis." I don't think I have one of those. If I had it, I've forgotten or lost it because I've never had to show it.