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KaliTracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 10:50 PM
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Anyone have Information RE Motor Voter Registrations?
Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 10:51 PM by KaliTracy
I just got a form letter from one of my representatives, John Boehner, Rep, OH. While it is a (very long) form letter, I wish to respond to each of his points with a counter point. It's mainly about he disinclination to go to a centralized voting system.

One of the things he (or his staff) says is

"In 1993, the Democrats were able to override many state
and local provisions that deterred fraud with the 1993 Motor Voter
legislation, and some have a long range goal of further eroding
those protections with concepts such as election-day registration
and more emphasis on mail ballots, ballots delivered to the polls by
third parties, and off-site voting."

Curious how Wyoming (usually seen as a "red" state) allows same-day registration and is tauting the wonderfulness of it all http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/11/06/news/wyoming/1ce8c61e348f3f1187256f420000028d.txt with a 106% turnout -- yet here, in Ohio, it is seen as something the Dems dreamed up for manipulating a vote.

Anyway -- if any long-timers (or others) know of the arguments about Motor Voter registration, I'd really appreciate a quick overview.

Thanks!

tracy

edited for typos...typing to quickly tonight...

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