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Originally Posted by MysticCat
And I've never known the local news to get it wrong or overstate the problem for the sake of a good story. But be that as it may . . . .
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Yes, I get that. But a concrete 900 could be a game-changer in this election.
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What should be done is to approach the situation rationally, not with kneejerk reactions. Is there really a problem with "dead people" and out-of-state people voting? Then their names must be on the registration rolls. Requiring photo IDs won't help if they're on the rolls to start with. It's a reasonable "fix" if the problem is people who come to vote are claiming to be someone they're not, but it doesn't address the problem at all if the issue is that names are on the rolls that should have been deleted.
If dead people and out-of-state people are voting, then requiring photo IDs in response avoids the problem while making people feel better and think the problem is being fixed. You fix that problem by getting the voter registration rolls up to date and keeping them up to date.
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It might be the lack of sleep, but I'm not following here. It seemed to me the way I heard the story was that John Smith was showing up at the polls claiming to be Frank Cooper, but Frank Cooper was actually dead. If Frank Cooper is dead, then requiring an ID would theoretically* keep Frank Cooper from voting. Are we saying that this was actually a case of election fraud where someone official was going in and tampering with those votes?
*Yes, fake IDs can be produced, I know, we've been over that.
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