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Politics : A Neutral Corner -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Constant Reader who wrote (2173)	7/16/2006 5:13:14 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2253

Marriage licenses have always been public record, but until the age of computers, those records were usually only available for viewing in the county where they were issued at the county clerk/recorder's office. Not quite. The telephone was invented in thelate 19th century and you could call and get info. Birth certificates have always been theoretically publicly available, but you had to know a few details when contacting the state in order to get a copy. That would be be true of petition signatures too. You would have to know names and addresses- -enough info to identify a particular person. This is true in general- -you have to know enough for a particular identification. Your own voter registration is a matter of public record and can be viewed by anyone who asks to see it.</i? Hadn't thought of that, but I believe it. Some people pride themselves on being untraceable because they use unlisted numbers, and P.O. boxes for mail and credit (or have no credit), but they can be found pretty easily with a search through the voter registrations because they must list a physical address in order to vote. Suppose they don't register? They would defeat that. But I see you mention this below. Nevertheless, with enough effort and time and knowledge, almost anyone can be found. Own a house? The county you live in has that in its public records. Of course, they could simply not register to vote, but I'm not sure how many realize how easy it is to find them that way. (BTW, since the original of the voter registration card is always on file for comparison purposes, it is pretty easy to get a very good facsimile of their signature while getting their address ;-) Wonder how many fraudulent signatures that causes. If you want information about anyone who was born, married, or died in California after 1947, visit www.ancestry.com and check their database thoughtfully provided by the state. I seem to be doing a good job of hiding. I can't find myself.