how would having an ID prove you are not a felon? What they do, if you really want to know, is match names on the voter rolls to criminal records, usually badly and, they say, in carefully selected precincts.
you *did want to know, right? On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am not saying that this is something that happens frequently, but if >> people can go vote without showing _any_ kind of ID, I can see where >> it could (and probably would) be exploited...by both sides. > > Dipping a voter's thumb in ink is an easy way to prevent people from > voting twice. > > Even with that, many states also bar felons from voting. There is a > whole discussion to be had about whether this is fair, but since it's > is currently law... without ID, how is it enforced? > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339166 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm