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Should “Get Out the Vote” Just Get Out of Town?

Over at Outside the Beltway, Alex Knapp brings you the story of a new voter registration group, this time working for Republicans, who now have an investigation coming their way. Knapp concludes:

Between this issue and the issues surrounding ACORN, it’s clear that something needs to change with the way we register voters. A slip of paper that can be filled out by anybody as long as they have some information is clearly not a satisfactory method. What’s more, perfectly reasonable laws in this case can be exploited. For example, most states require that any registration card that is completely filled out has to be turned in, even if it’s obviously wrong–which is how “Mickey Mouse” gets registered.

There’s plenty more where that came from.

  • GeorgeSorwell
    The ability to vote ought to be the default setting.

    And if Bugs Bunny shows up to vote at anyone's polling place, please get his autograph for me.
  • elrod
    I agree. The state governments should automatically register voters according to whatever records are available (driving records, tax records, etc.).
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