The Voter Fraud That ‘Never Happens’ Keeps Coming Back

Quote from empiretc : how so? you believe the number is that large? that would be a lot that do not drive or have bank accounts. they should require and ID to vote, just as they should require an ID and drug test when applying for welfare.

I posted several situations in an earlier post. I personally know a few people who were denied the right to vote--they had IDs, but had recently moved. They didn't realize the ID had to show their current residence. They also came at the end of the day after work. They didn't have time to go home and get a utility bill before the polls closed.

There are tons of old folks in nursing homes who never drive, don't go to the bank and have no need for an ID. They also don't have the stamina to deal with hours at the DMV/BMV.

Then there are people who lose their IDs close to an election. Others who may have a different address than their ID (renters tend to move more often within a given area) and their utilities are in a roommates name. There are lots of situations where it is beyond getting an ID--it is the factors rendering that ID sufficient in the eyes of the person working the polling location. Again, most conservatives don't seem able to look beyond their own situations. Not everyone lives their life in the exact same way you do.


I pesonally think there are enough controls in place--you need to know the exact place a person is to vote, you need to hope the person working the polling place you're trying to impersonate doesn't KNOW the voter (which is common since local volunteers work these locations), then you need to hope that person hasn't already voted and that they won'e eventually vote later. And finally, you need to sign the book in a way that matches your preprinted signature. And then, of course, if you wanted to make this worthwhille, you'd need tons of peopel to repeat that hundreds/thousands of time, which is virtually impossilbe to pull off.