This will be short and to the point!
How would one get the names of registered voters who won't be voting? Easy or Hard???
Last Thursday, I mailed a first class envelope with my return address to 237 homes in my precinct. They were delivered the next day.
Well, 223 were apparently delivered, I got mine.
14 were returned to me! They were labeled "Not Deliverable". (At two per home, that's 28 [non] voters.)
"Hmmmm" I says to myself. Those folks are not likely to show up! I'll just find 28 people from out of my precinct to go and vote using these names. But wait, there's more!
Next election I'll mail to 100 precincts, gather 27 friends (or make a stop at the local Home Depot), rent a couple of small vans (and pick-up some tacos) and before lunch I'll have 2800 votes for my candidate(s).
I hope my little plan is a bit upsetting to you. But if voting records are not better kept up to-date, how do we know that someone has not already put my plan into action?
And the solution is so obvious! The Registar simply does what I did. Mail out a first class letter with a return address, and delete those that are returned.
Once again, we find that the government fails to carry out one of its few legitimate functions.
©2008 Bit2Right, all rights reserved. You must have written permission from the author in order to republish this work.
Published: Friday, February 8, 2008
Last modified: Friday, February 8, 2008
The views expressed in this article are those of Bit2Right only and do not represent the views of Nolan Chart, LLC or its affiliates. Bit2Right is solely responsible for the contents of this article and is not an employee or otherwise affiliated with Nolan Chart, LLC in his/her role as a columnist.
Report violation by Bit2Right of Nolan Chart LLC's terms of use policy.
| More Articles By Bit2Right |
Reader Comments:
Posted By: Walt Thiessen
Date: 2008-02-09 11:21:44
I think I'm missing something here. How does your little exercise prevent vote fraud?
Posted By: Bit2Right
Date: 2008-02-11 10:56:52
Well, first the Voting Registrar sends a simple first class letter to each individual listed in the records. If it comes back as undeliverable, then there is a big clue that the individual has moved and should no longer be on the records for that precinct. If this were done once a year, and in was published in the newspaper, then I think the voting records would at least eliminate those that have moved.
Right now, if I mail to the registered list, I can get the info as to who has moved, and I can vote for these people, and probably never have a single question raised.
I am puzzled as to why you are puzzled. Seems clear, simple and inexpensive. The fact that I got the letters back, indicate that the forwarding addresses have expired, indicating the people have been gone for over six months.