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daswig · 10-26-2004, 05:57 PM

As I'm sure you all know, there has been a move to extend voting to well before the elections, along with a dramatic surge in absentee voting. Does anybody have a problem with this?

Here's my problem: I think that the extended voting and absentee ballot system leads to an increased chance of voter fraud. I'm not being partisan here, but we all know that both the Democrats and Republicans have committed voter fraud in the past. Is it REALLY necessary for us to keep the polls open for over a week? Doesn't this increase the likeliness of shenanigans on both sides? As for absentee ballots, I can see it for people who are overseas, but for people who are in school in another state? Shouldn't they register where they go to school only? Because if they can register "either/or", doesnt that increase the opportunity for fraud?

We now apparently have states that have more registered voters than people living in those states, even if you include children that are not eligible to vote. (I heard in passing while flipping channels that Colorado was such a state, no offense to Coloradoans).

Are we reaching the point that voter fraud is completely undermining our faith in the electoral process? It is for me....

10-26-2004, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
daswig Banned Location: BFE	Extended voting? Anybody bothered by this? As I'm sure you all know, there has been a move to extend voting to well before the elections, along with a dramatic surge in absentee voting. Does anybody have a problem with this? Here's my problem: I think that the extended voting and absentee ballot system leads to an increased chance of voter fraud. I'm not being partisan here, but we all know that both the Democrats and Republicans have committed voter fraud in the past. Is it REALLY necessary for us to keep the polls open for over a week? Doesn't this increase the likeliness of shenanigans on both sides? As for absentee ballots, I can see it for people who are overseas, but for people who are in school in another state? Shouldn't they register where they go to school only? Because if they can register "either/or", doesnt that increase the opportunity for fraud? We now apparently have states that have more registered voters than people living in those states, even if you include children that are not eligible to vote. (I heard in passing while flipping channels that Colorado was such a state, no offense to Coloradoans). Are we reaching the point that voter fraud is completely undermining our faith in the electoral process? It is for me....