[EL] Fwd: MAINE GOP UNCOVERS 19 ELECTION DAY REGISTRATIONS FROMONE MAINE...

[Douglas Carver]

In response to Trevor's third point, I often wonder why, in this
electronic age, we do not automatically register people to vote when
they turn 18, thus obviating the need for voter registration drives.
Many other countries successfully do this.

In response to what Jim wrote, it would have been nice to see an
acknowledgement that the Maine GOP press release -- to give them the
benefit of the doubt -- had its facts wrong.

Douglas Carver


On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Trevor Potter <tpotter at capdale.com> wrote:
> 1.) As this thread illustrates,  there is no consensus that false or inaccurate registrations leads to false voting.
> 2.) At least one reason for false registration is the pressure to produce results in third-party voter registration efforts, where registration-gatherers are paid for results.
> 3.) If we had better voter lists, something possible in the electronic age, and a greater role for electronic technology in putting registrations into the system and checking information on voter lists, we could greatly diminish the possibility of false registrations and alleviate the need for these voter registration drives.
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> Trevor Potter
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> Of course I don't know if this situation is true here or not, and maybe not, but one of my experiences, that all seem to acknowledge and that I draw on, is false registrations.  If they were false, it seems that requiring a voter ID would likely prevent voting based on the false registration.  There are many documented cases of false registrations, so why isnt this a remedy to prevent voting based on the false registration?  And if the intent behind false registration isn't voting based on them, what would it be?  Jim Bopp
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> In a message dated 9/10/2011 9:01:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, douglasrhess at gmail.com writes:
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>        Thanks for Megan, et al. for following up on the ME case (or non-case).
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>        My first thought was that this was another example of ID proponents only going with their own experience: most of us only stay at hotels for short stays, so these people must be the same. My first thought was that these were likely employees of some firm or business who were in the state for an extended off and on again stay...maybe they knew they were going to be in the state for the days/weeks around election in thought this was the best way to vote. Or even campaign workers who decided that after several months in the state they might as well vote there (nothing illegal about that...is there?). My final thought was that homeless can use as their address a location where they get mail, even if they don't sleep there. If the hotel was in an area with lots of poverty, this address might serve that purpose.
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>        Lots of possibilities...did the GOP in Maine make a statement regarding the explanation given my the Dems there?
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>        [Note: I cut the text from the thread because it was doing something odd in gmail with the length of lines.]
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>        -Doug
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