Comments on: Voter registration flap exposes potential for fraud http://wispundits.com/2008/08/08/voter-registration-flap-exposes-potential-for-fraud/ "Difference of opinion makes horse races." -- Twain Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Voter ID is part of the solution « Moneyed Politicians http://wispundits.com/2008/08/08/voter-registration-flap-exposes-potential-for-fraud/#comment-281 Voter ID is part of the solution « Moneyed Politicians Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:12:09 +0000 http://wispundits.com/2008/08/08/voter-registration-flap-exposes-potential-for-fraud/#comment-281 [...] For the same reason we want effective ethics oversight and public funding of campaigns, we should also want Voter ID. We want to clean up the system to make it fair to both sides. “Voter ID opponents, and those who believe the current system is A-OK, have semi-successfully painted this as a Republican vs. Democrat issue. Too bad – we know plenty of Democrats in Wisconsin support such measures as ID at the polls, too. … The goal is not to restrict voting – rather, it is to ensure that every legal vote is counted. What are its opponents afraid of?”  Chris Lato [...] […] For the same reason we want effective ethics oversight and public funding of campaigns, we should also want Voter ID. We want to clean up the system to make it fair to both sides. “Voter ID opponents, and those who believe the current system is A-OK, have semi-successfully painted this as a Republican vs. Democrat issue. Too bad – we know plenty of Democrats in Wisconsin support such measures as ID at the polls, too. … The goal is not to restrict voting – rather, it is to ensure that every legal vote is counted. What are its opponents afraid of?”  Chris Lato […]

]]> By: Goofticket http://wispundits.com/2008/08/08/voter-registration-flap-exposes-potential-for-fraud/#comment-271 Goofticket Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:46:23 +0000 http://wispundits.com/2008/08/08/voter-registration-flap-exposes-potential-for-fraud/#comment-271 It's no wonder you aren't at the GOP anymore Chris. Misinformation is fatal. The state had two cases of acutal fraud, in 2006. Two, not thousands. In fact, this recent case was caught before ONE REGISTRATION became an official document. You need to find out what a Special Registration Deputy is, and who is legally allowed to register voters since Feb 2008. And the SVRS system the state now has that cross checks, all the ID forms used....fraud is almost impossible, and is likely to get discovered, before a ballot is cast. You seem to be afraid of an open, transparent election system...and you certainly would love to force the 3.5 Million Wisconsin voters from being the Independent status they legally all have, and make them register with a political party before being eligible to register to vote....which is not gonna fly in Wisconsin. No charges have been filed, or any official investigation begun. The group screaming about this is just a little group, within the very partisan Milwaukee Mayors office, with a real scary name. The Milwaukee Elections Commission. The MEC has no legal authority over any election process, in fact if you look at the registration card they offer...it requires a Special Registration Deputy's signature and stated certified SRD ID number...not the MEC staff signature. Wisconsin's elections are just fine, fraud free and you lost in 2006, and got axed. Just make sure you register again, if you moved out of your old ward...it's a felony to go to your old one, if you moved Chris. PS: I have torn up registration forms and ballots, and it was all perfectly legal. It’s no wonder you aren’t at the GOP anymore Chris. Misinformation is fatal.
The state had two cases of acutal fraud, in 2006. Two, not thousands.
In fact, this recent case was caught before ONE REGISTRATION became an official document.
You need to find out what a Special Registration Deputy is, and who is legally allowed to register voters since Feb 2008. And the SVRS system the state now has that cross checks, all the ID forms used….fraud is almost impossible, and is likely to get discovered, before a ballot is cast.

You seem to be afraid of an open, transparent election system…and you certainly would love to force the 3.5 Million Wisconsin voters from being the Independent status they legally all have, and make them register with a political party before being eligible to register to vote….which is not gonna fly in Wisconsin.
No charges have been filed, or any official investigation begun.
The group screaming about this is just a little group, within the very partisan Milwaukee Mayors office, with a real scary name. The Milwaukee Elections Commission.
The MEC has no legal authority over any election process, in fact if you look at the registration card they offer…it requires a Special Registration Deputy’s signature and stated certified SRD ID number…not the MEC staff signature.

Wisconsin’s elections are just fine, fraud free and you lost in 2006, and got axed.
Just make sure you register again, if you moved out of your old ward…it’s a felony to go to your old one, if you moved Chris.

PS: I have torn up registration forms and ballots, and it was all perfectly legal.

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