The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Let me get the Tequila.

Oh, if I didn't have to play a gig tonight, I would be so in on this!

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Laura Ingraham is apparently telling people that it would be a good idea to call and jam the phone lines that are being used to report voter fraud issues. ThinkProgress.com has the audio available of her saying this.

Does she identify herself- has there been a voice print comparison?

I mean come on- maybe yes and maybe no.

Just saying.

[JWBear]

Are you just sitting around, trolling the internet for examples of voting proplems that involve Democrats? Have you nothing better to do?

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Does she identify herself- has there been a voice print comparison?

I mean come on- maybe yes and maybe no.

Just saying.

Ahha! You are reading posts!

[wendybeth]

Just random ones.

[Nephythys]

Poll worker mistakenly asks for IDs
An inexperienced poll worker in Wauwatosa asked residents standing in line for the first five minutes after the polls opened today to get their photo IDs ready, the city's deputy clerk said.

Resident Michael Schall told the Journal Sentinel he was in line at Washington Elementary School when the poll worker told everyone to have a driver's license or other picture ID ready "or I don't think we'll be able to let you vote."

Schall said his wife automatically reached for her ID, but he told her it wasn't required. The couple has voted at the same polling location for many years, he said.

When they got up to the table to vote, however, no one asked to see a photo ID, Schall said.
Deputy Clerk Bernadette Williams said no one was.

"She (the poll worker) made a mistake, and as soon as the ward chair heard her saying that, she corrected her. They were never required to show their ID," Williams said.

A representative for the state Democratic Party called the city to raise concerns but was satisfied when told the poll worker would be told to stop, she said.

OH MY GOD- not ID- heaven forbid you have to identify yourself with gov't issued ID.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

link

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Does she identify herself- has there been a voice print comparison?

I mean come on- maybe yes and maybe no.

Just saying.

If I'm not mistaken (and I could be), doing so is blatantly illegal. If it is true, my guess is that we will find out soon enough. It is being reported by people all over the country though that they heard her say it on her show.

We'll just have to wait and see.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

OH MY GOD- not ID- heaven forbid you have to identify yourself with gov't issued ID.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

link

Whether you agree with it or no, the fact is that current laws forbid requiring ID. A change in those laws may or may not be a good idea, but poll-worker ignorance is once of the biggest sources of voter confusion/disenfranchisement/fraud.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

If I'm not mistaken (and I could be), doing so is blatantly illegal. If it is true, my guess is that we will find out soon enough. It is being reported by people all over the country though that they heard her say it on her show.

We'll just have to wait and see.

That's all I wondered.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Whether you agree with it or no, the fact is that current laws forbid requiring ID. A change in those laws may or may not be a good idea, but poll-worker ignorance is once of the biggest sources of voter confusion/disenfranchisement/fraud.

yeah- cause people are so scared and stupid that someone asking them for their ID makes them afraid to vote.