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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: North Dakota: No registration required to vote |
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This is pretty cool.
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In order to vote in North Dakota, you must be:
A U.S. citizen.
At least 18 years old on the day of an election.
A legal North Dakota resident.
A resident in the precinct for 30 days preceding the election. |
That's it!
Of course, looking at the voter's affadavit, this is not a perfect system. This may not be recommended for Florida.
Also, this is a helpful reminder that the United States remains 50 States united. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:13 am Post subject: |
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As military we're registered in ND. My husband is from Bismarck.
He was telling me one of the ballot initiatives was "Cut income tax by 50%"
Woo hoo! You just know everyone voted for that  |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Personally I'm fine with the idea, however expect to hear screams of voter fraud from a small number of people. The cut off in Oregon is three weeks before the election and they start mailing out ballots very soon after that (since Oregon is vote by mail). The funny thing is when that was first enacted, people screamed about how about that it was going to be ripe with fraud. Somehow that never seemed to pan out. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| Wisconsin has same day registration, and in many smaller communities there is no voter registration at all. If no one challenges you, you can vote, and since everyone knows everyone else, there are very few problems in these small towns. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think you'll hear many concerns about voter fraud in ND as it does not have a high population of minorities. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| The entire idea of voter registration doesn't make sense anymore anyway. When I register in county A, why does that make it illegal for me to vote in county B instead? It's the same state. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Hater Depot wrote: |
| The entire idea of voter registration doesn't make sense anymore anyway. When I register in county A, why does that make it illegal for me to vote in county B instead? It's the same state. |
Every election year, thousands of people vote multiple times, and tens of thousands of "dead" people vote (that means others are voting for them). This is a serious fraud problem.
There needs to be some kind of system that works to prevent double voting and illegal voting by "dead" people. At the same time, we must not prevent real voters from exercising their right to vote. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| But that's what happens if I register in county A and get stuck in county B on election day. Modern technology gives us an easy means to get around this by creating national voter registration. Give everybody a unique number which ensures they vote in just one place. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| Hater Depot wrote: |
| But that's what happens if I register in county A and get stuck in county B on election day. Modern technology gives us an easy means to get around this by creating national voter registration. Give everybody a unique number which ensures they vote in just one place. |
So, your original comment that voter registration doesn't make sense anymore was not what you meant. You meant that the current system of registration isn't working as well as it should.
You really want some kind of registration, that will secure voters' rights to vote and help reduce fraud at the same time.
Perhaps that will come in time. |
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