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October 19, 2004
More Voters Than People
According to this story form the Kerry Spot there are now more registered voters in Philadelphia than there are actual people eligible to vote. For all people talk about fixing what happened in Florida in 2000 not many people seem to want to do the things that would actually fix it and other voting problems. My two quick solutions: require photo ID for people voting and if a person has not voted in the past 5 years they have to reregister or else their name is purged from the voting roles.
Update: Accoring to the Kerry Spot again in a rare showing of common sense, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that voters who do not show up to the right poling place do not get to vote there. Also in Colorado a judge ruled that voters have to show ID and show up at the right poling place to vote.
Early voting solves a lot of the poling place problems because you can early vote at any location, at least in my county. But it is not much work to figure out where you are supposed to vote and it is not too much to expect of voters that they figure this out.
Posted by Pete at October 19, 2004 01:14 PM
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