In article w8rhd.341247$3l3.41959@attbi_s03, Jon Smithe wrote:


Thunder,

Thanks for the links, and you are correct, nothing I read would have
intimidated me or most voters, including most legitimate black voters. I do
not believe anyone should use illegal means to discourage voters, but it
does make sense to have party loyalist there to make sure all voter
challenges are handled legally. If people understand the procedures, I
don't believe anyone who has a legal right to vote will be intimidated by
voter challenges. If a party loyalists see anyone using illegal methods to
chase away voters, they should immediately contact the poll workers or the
police to stop this activity immediately, but for Harry to suggest he will
use force to stop someone whom they think is not acting in a legal manner is
nothing more than anarchy.

It is important to make sure that each vote and voter is legitimate. If
not, both parties will just follow that age old rule of "vote early and vote
often".

I noticed that Dems in Florida are objecting to voter challenges of voters
whose mail was returned as "undeliverable". To be able to vote, these
voters need to sign an affidavit that they are legally entitled to vote. I
for one think it would be a great idea to require everyone to sign such an
affidavit or provide ID to verify the voter is whom he states he is, but it
does not see unreasonable to request people whose mail is returned as
undeliverable to verify who they are..

The use of party loyalist who volunteer to work at the polling places is
used by both parties to insure that each vote is legitimate.

There seems to be a move to set up national standards to insure all voters
are legitimate and was to handle voter challenges. This seems very
reasonable and I would support the use of a fair national standard.

You should have to produce proof that you reside within the percinct that
you are attempting to vote at.

Period.

This, along with a voting book (currently kept for all precincts) prevents
voting more than once.

If you then correlate on a national level all absentee ballot requests
and insure that the requestor of same is struck from the precinct roll
for that election, then you prevent double voting via the absentee system
as well.

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