Comments on: Voter fraud! Ohio U. student votes twice in primary

By: E. Stewart Moritz

E. Stewart Moritz — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:53:59 +0000

No question elections are important, but so is allowing all eligible people a chance to vote. A small inconvenience for you might be a large, even prohibitive, inconvenience for an elderly person who doesn't drive and has no driver's license, and who has lost or never had her original birth certificate. (To be fair, Ohio's ID requirements are much less onerous than those of some other states.) It's a question of balance, and there is little evidence that most election fraud is prevented by ID requirements. (A far greater problem is presented by absentee ballots, potentially.)

By: buckeye bob

buckeye bob — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:44:57 +0000

Rev: disappointed in your opinions and attitude. You might wanna ck out all the democratic fraud committed in the city of Detroit ….. even the democratic voters got sick of it and tossed Jackie Curry out because she was sending out pre marked (for her) absentee ballets . Get off your high horse and realize without real competition between reasonable qualified canidates/parties and realistic fraud prevention programs problems will and do occur. I need an id to get a library card – why shouldn't I need id to do something as important as vote

By: The Reverend

The Reverend — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:24:28 +0000

Like I said…..voter ID is a GOP inspired law in search of Democratic voter violations.

It matters not what FORM of ID is allowed or required. It's the law itself, in search of the invisible crime…..that is so egregiously politically motivated.

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:32:35 +0000

A driver's license is not required to vote. The Summit County BOE website, http://www.summitcountyboe.com/ , notes that a utility bill is accepted and that a provisional ballot will be issued for anyone who does not have any form of ID, including a SSN, if they swear to their identity.

By: Tim Gallagehr

Tim Gallagehr — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:14:15 +0000

I went to OU and have at least three friends who voted absentee for their home cities (they were out-of-state students and also in Athens. I'm not saying this is an Athens/OU problem, but I bet it happens with some frequency in college towns where people are voting often for the first time and are coming from places near and far.

By: The Reverend

The Reverend — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:24:23 +0000

Voter ID, as I'm sure you realize, is a political tactic in search of a non-existing problem. Voter fraud laws requiring photo ID are specifically designed to suppress Democratic votes. Minorities and the poor make up the majority of folks who don't have drivers licenses.

Today's Republican interest in voter ID laws, (to stop something that is not happening), is part and parcel of the GOP's larger voter suppression policy….as witnessed in Florida in 2000 and attempted in Ohio in 2004.