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Home Front: Politix
Thousands Might Be Blocked From Voting
2008-10-18
But don't worry, ACORN's got it covered a hundred to one.
Thousands of voters across the country must reestablish their eligibility in the next three weeks in order for their votes to count on Nov. 4, a result of new state registration systems that are incorrectly rejecting them.

The challenges have led to a dozen lawsuits, testy arguments among state officials and escalating partisan battles. Because many voters may not know that their names have been flagged, eligibility questions could cause added confusion on Election Day, beyond the delays that may come with a huge turnout.
Since this is WaPo, they'll politely ignore the potentially hundreds of thousands of fraudulent registrations ...
The scramble to verify voter registrations is happening as states switch from locally managed lists of voters to statewide databases, a change required by federal law and hailed by many as a more efficient and accurate way to keep lists up to date.

But in the transition, the systems are questioning the registrations of many voters when discrepancies surface between their registration information and other official records, often because of errors outside voters' control.
But sometimes because they do not exist.
The issue made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which yesterday blocked a challenge to 200,000 Ohio voters whose registration data conflicted with other state records.
Conflicted? How?
It is impossible to know how many voters are affected nationwide. There are no reports of large-scale problems in Virginia, Maryland or the District, but the trouble is cropping up in many states.

In Alabama, scores of voters are being labeled as convicted felons on the basis of incorrect lists. Michigan must restore thousands of names it illegally removed from voter rolls over residency questions, a judge ruled this week.
Judge sez everybody gets to vote!
Tens of thousands of voters could be affected in Wisconsin. Officials there admit that their database is wrong one out of five times when it flags voters, sometimes for data discrepancies as small as a middle initial or a typo in a birth date. When the six members of the state elections board - all retired judges - ran their registrations through the system, four were incorrectly rejected because of mismatches.
Posted by:Bobby

#4  The last minority is being discriminated against - "Imaginary-Americans".

I tell you - there oughta be a law!
Posted by: Beldar Glanter6881   2008-10-18 21:19  

#3  Behold! It applieth to all.
jesus_license
Posted by: .5MT   2008-10-18 19:38  

#2  Is there a website I can validate my eligibility?
Posted by: Chunky Omusort6338   2008-10-18 14:19  

#1  all this would be moot if all states required secure photo ID to vote.

But we can't because the Donks might lose fraudulent votes, felon votes, illegals' votes,and the poor, who can get free ID cards. Makes sense. Not.
Posted by: Frank G   2008-10-18 13:10  

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