Voting Fraud
I was reading up on this whole “ACORN” voting controversy that McCain’s supporters have been yelling about. This group, ACORN (unfortunatly not a lobbying group for squirrels) goes out to register voters across the country.
Register people. Got it.
Why Voter Registration
Then I started thinking.
Why do we even need to have voter registration? It doesn’t make a lot of sense from a data management point of view.
I’m registered. Maybe they sent me a registration card? How do I know? Why is this so difficult?
If a person has a social security card and drivers license and meet the other requirements, then why do they have to jump through the other hoop to register to vote?
Why is there even this “register” element to it?
If I was president
First, every Thursday is Tamale Thursday.
Second, Mrs. Robot becomes head of the national Pony & Puppy Department.
Third, if you have a drivers license or national ID, there is a checkbox on there flagging you as able to vote because you meet the correct requirements of age, citizenship, etc.
No reason to say which party you are registered for. Why would that matter? What if you change parties? Why would I care?
You go to the polling station. There would be no need to chat with someone to ‘sign’ you in.
You’d go straight to the booth. To start the voting process, you would swipe your ID card. If you already voted, then, um, you couldn’t vote again. Otherwise, if all is good, you’d press the levers and vote for your candidate.
Move
When you move, you get a new drivers license. Surprisingly, your vote registration would change to your new town or state.
C’mon. It’s 2008!
But, really. Why do you have to ‘register’ to become a voter? If someone is an American citizen, they should be able to vote. Straight up. No jibba jabba.
