> -----Original Message----- > From: Casey Dougall > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I don't see the problem with this > > Loose your wallet right before an election and you miss out... > > Just happened to me before November elections, good thing they don't > ask for > ID's in NY right now... If they did I would have been pissed. There are > plenty of ways to verify a persons identity, photo id is just one of > them.
The number of people that would miss out because of that seems like it would be small to me. I believe there are systems in place to deal with this kind of thing regardless - absentee ballots are allowed after the election for some grace period I think and there are other recourses already in place. My main concern would be that with so few people voting fraud is both easier (since you can often forge votes for absentee voters) and more dangerous (even a small effort can have a large impact). I'm not sure if photo ID is the right answer, but some answer should be found - perhaps a dedicated photo ID just for voting. There might be grace periods or late displays or whatever, but some proof of ID and registration seem reasonable to me. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251789 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
