In Nebraska and Colorado the DMV issues both driver's licenses and photo ID cards.
One big example of voter fraud are snowbirds, who register to vote in example, both NY State and Florida. You have utility bills from both states and your ballots are forwarded to either address.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
archer wrote: I believe it takes more than a utility bill to register to vote
I know both Florida and New York are investigating this so it must be enough of a problem that they are willing to spend limited state resources checking this out.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
I just checked how to register to vote in Colorado....
You can register online if you can provide a Drivers License # or State issued ID #.
You can register by filling out a form and submitting it "You will need to print and sign the form then return by fax, email, mail, or hand delivery. " On the form you must state that you are a US citizen, then you can either provide a Drivers License # or State Issued ID # (required if you have one)
... OR .... provide the last 4 digits of your Social Security number... OR ... you can check the box that says "I do not have a Colorado Driver's License, ID card, or a Social Security Number."
After submitting the form, if you vote in person you can, indeed, prove your identity via presenting a utility bill (among other options).
NOW, let's see... I can CLAIM that I'm a citizen, not provide any proof and still register and then all I need to prove that I'm who I say I am is to present a utility bill - yeah, that will keep illegals from voting!
Conservation Voice wrote: I really don't think an illegal immigrant could pass themselves off as an American at the voting booth.. you need to speak and understand English pretty fluently... and if you're not listed on the rolls, how do you get around that that and deal with it, if you can't speak English? If it were so easy, people would be voting twice under various names all over the place.
You are wrong here. The requirement is to be able to read and write english. It does not say anywhere fluently. There are alot of naturalized citizens that still have a hard time reading and writing the American English.
By "fluently" I mean in talking to and understanding the election judges. I know the last time I voted I had to go by several tables where I was instructed to do this or that or sign this or that and then instructed where to go next. If I couldn't understand or speak English fluently I would have been lost.
By "fluently" I mean in talking to and understanding the election judges. I know the last time I voted I had to go by several tables where I was instructed to do this or that or sign this or that and then instructed where to go next. If I couldn't understand or speak English fluently I would have been lost.[/quote
2006 when I had to take my mother in law down to get her DL. While sitting there I watched as an interpreter talked with the lady at the counter and the 3 none english speaking folks got their DL's. They could not even read english since this interpreter had to show them where to sign etc. I stood up, walked over to the window that one goes to for information and stated I wanted to file a complaint and why. I was told there was nothing wrong with what I saw. So if all they have to do is show a DL or photo ID I have a serious issue with that. I have no problem proving where I was born and that I am an American.