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Is it? Walk us through your "write a fake name" technique. How does it work? Does <non citizen> walk into a polling location and say they're <registered voter>
by triceratops 1y ago
Is it? Walk us through your "write a fake name" technique. How does it work?
Does <non citizen> walk into a polling location and say they're <registered voter>? What happens if <actual registered voter> has already voted? Or <actual registered voter> shows up later? The poll workers will say "But you already voted". That should immediately result in a criminal investigation. If it doesn't, why the hell not? If it does, there should be numbers so what are they? This is a serious crime.
Or is the claim that a non-citizen fraudulently gets on the voter roll as a citizen? If so, how? Forged birth certificate? Passport? All of them had perfect forgeries? No one got caught? It's a bit far-fetched. Again, where are the numbers?
And finally, what's the point? What's the incentive for a non-citizen to commit such a serious crime? Our elected representatives rarely do anything we think is useful. Spreading the idea that voter fraud is easy or widespread, without evidence, is corrosive to democracy.
By all means require id to vote. It's a great idea. But also ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote can easily get id.