Comments on: Voted

By: Aw1 Tim

Aw1 Tim — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:22:39 +0000

yeah…. sounds good to me. Just something that makes it hard to counterfeit (I know that nothing is perfect), and that could act as a security code to access the voter registration database, etc.

More than anything else, we need to preserve and protect the sanctity of the ballot. There is simply too much room for perfidy and onerous behaviour as it currently stands.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:49:39 +0000

You don’t want an RFID chip in there. Too easy to hack. A better solution would be one of those printed grids like you see on UPS boxes that encodes digital information in an easily scannable form.

By: Aw1 Tim

Aw1 Tim — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:03:56 +0000

I wish they checked ID’s here in Maine. They just ask for your name, and if it’s in the book, they check it off and hand you a set of ballots.

We’ve tried for years to require ID’s at the polling station, but the Democrats keep coming up with reasons to block it. The latest is that it will disenfranchise folks too poor to have a state ID. TOO POOR? It costs $5 frikkin dollars for a state ID. I volunteer at a local soup kitchen, and it amazes me that some of the clients still manage to find money for cigarettes and beer, but can’t come up with 5 bucks for a state ID?

We need a NATIONAL ID card, with a thumb print a photo and an RFD chip.

By: KTLA

KTLA — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:57:17 +0000

“Checked my ID.”

Limiting voting to only people that are eligible? Sounds a lot like severe voter intimidation to me. Expect the ACLU to be crawling all over that polling place by noon.