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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (8480)	1/28/2017 4:00:19 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356666

I guess I don't understand how registration is some kind of block to voter fraud. In probably half the states -- mostly blue states, of course -- the registration is now available on the same day as voting. In some cases, they allow people to vote who are not shown on the registration documents with the presumption that their ballot won't be counted unless the registration is subsequently confirmed. I do not understand the opposition to a formal voter ID just like we have for Social Security. From my point of view they could absolutely the be the same things but for the need to keep SS#s confidential. The most important step that could be done to secure voting is to make certain the same SSN doesn't show up more than once in an election. OTOH, there is the need to protect SSNs, so a separate number is necessary. >> Good grief! That's some serious confirmation bias you've got going there. Some guys speculating may be motivation but that's it. >> The earlier discussion was about registering unqualified people, which is a somewhat more promising avenue than fraud at the polls. If I, as a DNC official, can put a small number of people on the payroll and potentially change a state which is close, then I don't think it would be that hard to do given a little money. You can get people registered who shouldn't be, and you can get those people to vote. Where the bus parks is another issue. Sorry, that's how I see it.