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From the you-can-never-have-too-much-good-news department:

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, Rummy

Date: 2006-11-08 08:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] etherial.livejournal.com
I know someone who was forced to commit that kind of fraud because the state election commission screwed up hir voter registration.

Date: 2006-11-08 08:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greyhame.livejournal.com
Isn't one entitled to a provisional ballot in cases like that?

Date: 2006-11-08 08:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] etherial.livejournal.com
Zir voter registration is misspelled. I'm not sure that a provisional ballot will do zir much good. It's easier to fix it in post anyway.

Date: 2006-11-08 10:55 pm (UTC)
ext_267559: (America)
From: [identity profile] mr-teem.livejournal.com
Huh? A provisional ballot is exactly what that situation is for. What "fraud" was this person forced to commit?

Date: 2006-11-08 11:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] etherial.livejournal.com
Voting under their registered name.

Date: 2006-11-09 12:32 am (UTC)
ext_267559: (America)
From: [identity profile] mr-teem.livejournal.com
That's not fraud.

If my name is misspelled on the precinct lists and I notice it but am not challenged to produce ID, or I can manage to convince the precinct official that it is a misspelling, then I can fix it at City Hall at my convenience.

If I am challenged and they will not let me vote, I should be given a provisional ballot and then go to City Hall to get it fixed and get my ballot counted. (Depending on the procedure--I may have to go to City Hall to get the provisional ballot and get my registration fixed.)

If I have changed my name to Mxyzptlk(click)t'gluk-MoombaMoomba(click)terWOW!(squiggle) and the registration still has my old name, but I have valid ID under my old name, I can go to City Hall and fix it at my convenience.

If I have changed my name to Mxyzptlk(click)t'gluk-MoombaMoomba(click)terWOW!(squiggle) and the registration still has my old name, and I am challenged but cannot produce ID with my old name, then I am an idiot for not notifying the city of my name change. I might be given a provisional ballot and then go to City Hall to get it fixed and get my ballot counted or I might have missed my chance because name changes need to be recorded n days before the election.

In none of these cases am I attempting to be fraudulent. I may be guilty of other regulations or terminal stupidity, however.

Now, If I fly out to my brother's precinct and try to claim that my name is really his and manage to convince the precinct official or produce a piece of his identification that I boosted from his house or identification that I have docotred and then vote using his name, then I have committed fraud.

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