On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As long as the other IDs are photo IDs, not easily forged and >> generally accepted as valid forms of ID, I am actually OK with >> everything except 'vouched for'. But, thanx for putting words into my >> mouth. >> > > All IDs are easily forged and the "vouched for" requires ID, just the > ID of another registered voter. > > "Vouched for" is probably the most secure of all because one person > can't vouch for multiple people so the pair of fraudsters would have > to go to multiple voting polls as the trick would only work once per > poll. That's a lot more work than just printing a fake ID. > > Either you guys never had fake IDs in high school or you seriously > overestimate the skills of the poll workers. You really think an 85 > year old poll worker is going to spot a fake out of ANY of these IDs? > no way.
That is another issue. Whether or not I had fake ID in HS is irrelevant. IDs are becoming more and more difficult to forge. Looking at my current ID there are a few things I notice that would be difficult to fake easily, and easy to spot if they were missing. > > Remember: a fake ID doesn't have to be an exact duplicate of a real > ID, it just has to fool one person. And assuming you were going to > commit voter fraud you could try a fake ID easily 100 times within a > few hours. And a name and utility bill are even easier to acquire. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339492 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
