Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will say this one more time. I think there is nothing wrong with > reasonably asking someone to prove they are who they say they are when > they go to vote - which i consider to be the most important thing we > can do as citizens. Telling the volunteer sitting at the polls your > name and giving your address is not what I would call 'reasonable'. >
Let's use case this: CASE #1: Eligible unregistered male arrives at poll without ID. Description: Man's name is on state's birth record, therefore on list of those eligible to register. Man has electric bill and/or other proof (pay stub, neighbor, etc). Man is allowed to vote. Risk: man is impersonating a resident or man is voting twice. Analysis: even with ID same risk is tolerated; man could have fake ID and/or already voted in another precinct. ID did not help. CASE #2: Ineligible fraudulent female arrives at poll without ID. Description: Female is using name of voter either no longer in state, dead, and/or impersonating eligible voter. Women has fake electric bill and/or other falsified documents. Female is allowed to vote. Risk: same as case #1 Analysis: Female can fake documentation including IDs. ID did not help. FACT #1: IDs do not prevent fraudulent voting. FACT #2: The only way to prevent voter fraud via false documentation is real-time knowledge of who CAN vote (via birth/death, immigration, and residency records) and who HAS voted. Neither of these are ID solutions, ironically they're technology solutions. FACT #3: Single largest cause of vote inaccuracy is the collecting, attributing, tabulating, and QAing of votes. CONCLUSION: IDs as a solution to preventing voter fraud is not "reasonable". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339468 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
