Avoiding voter fraud with same-day registration
From Ballotpedia
October 19, 2008
According to New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, his state has been able to avoid voter fraud scandals by registering voters at the polls. He said that most of the fraud problems have been a result of the 1993 federal Motor Voter Act, which allows people to register at different locations, thus inviting fraudulent practices.[1]
Teaming up with Sen. Judd Gregg, Gardner was able to get Congress to exempt New Hampshire from the federal law because they have same-day registration. Since people have to register in person and prove where they live, Gardner says it is the safest way to go.
Creating fraud?
While Gardner appears resolute in this declaration, others say that this method is sowing the seeds for voting fraud. Leading the charge is the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers, who say that the law requiring proof to register at the polls is simply not enforced.[2]
They cite the example of a man who used Kathy Sullivan's address, then chair of the Democratic Party, to register and vote, before he went back to South Dakota the following day. Poll watchers from CNHT working the last election were not allowed to challenge voters in Ward 3 Manchester, when workers accepted a Massachusetts license to meet the residency requirement.[2] They say untold of hundreds are allowed to slip through the cracks in this way.
See also
References
- ↑ WCAX: "NH avoids voter fraud with same-day registration," Oct 19, 2008
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 CNHT: "Forget ACORN, NH has own voter fraud ‘nut’," Oct 19, 2008
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