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Re:How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportatio... by CodeWriter23 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @06:11PM (#15820517)
In most states, no form of ID is required to vote. You walk in to your polling place and tell them your name and address. The vetting takes place during the voter registration process which either puts your name on the Voter Roll or not. You walk into the designated place that has your name in the book, and then you sign in as having received a ballot, on the line listing your name and address.

The last poll worker who asked me for an ID, I told them ID was not required in order to vote. They handed me my ballot, without even a single word of argument. It's not illegal for them to ask either; it's just a form of voter suppression instituted by either the Country Registrar, the District Supervisor or the Precinct Head.

Re:How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportatio... by felipelemos on Thursday November 30, 2017 @06:37PM (#15820669)
How can you expect to not have fraud?
Re:How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportatio... by CodeWriter23 on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:03AM (#15822254)
Right, because it’s easy to guess someone’s name and address and polling place. And to mimick their signature, which can be easily scanned and compared with the registration form. The Registrar can invalidate a voter’s registration on that basis.

The myth of voter fraud in the US has been debunked time and time again, just Google it for yourself. Voter fraud is a big distraction from the real Election Fraud that’s going on. Like the Democrat-appointed Country Registrar in Los Angeles who neglected to inform Precinct Leaders by law they were supposed to display the write-in candidates (like Bernie Sanders) on the table where people sign in. I toured 3 different precincts in my neighborhood and got into it with each Precinct Leader and showed them the CA Election Code to convince them to properly display the write-in lists. And then I tracked down the District Election Supervisor who told me no instructions were given about write-ins and he was upset about it too.

Or like the 5 Berner’s I know personally who had their registration changed to mail-in, through no action on their part. The dirty trick there is the voter is handed a provisional ballot when they show up at their polling place.

Re:How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportatio... by felipelemos on Sunday December 03, 2017 @01:34AM (#15836303)
You don't need to guess people's name and address. And it can be systematic. And you can, with little effort, make it hard for a group of people to go to vote.
Re:How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportatio... by Tyrannosaur on Sunday December 03, 2017 @11:57PM (#15841540)
Signatures can be scanned and compared, but are they? I imagine this would only happen during a full audit, which doesn't sound like it happens a lot.

It is kind of like saying a door can be locked.