Maria wrote:Wouldn't it be weird if the UN sent in election observers to make sure our election was fair?
I think it's really weird that it hasn't happened yet. After 2000 US doesn't have much authority in lecturing other countries on fair election - IMHO. There should be no way an eligible voter is denied a vote - which is much more widespread case than an uneligible voter casting a vote, from what I understand. And is there an easier way to do it than vote on personal ID which we all already have - SSN, which can be checked via national database for eligibility, and flagged if the vote has already occured, to prevent fraud.
In our electronic age to still use clumsy and unreliable registration process - it's incomprehensible to me.
I think, a major overhaul of US voting system is imminent, as US, being the oldest big-country democracy in the world, has some really outdated practices. Doesn't everyone in this country has some form of ID already - either a driver's license or state-issued ID?
We can argue that some poor people don't have driver licenses and don't know how or don't care about getting state-issued ID. Well, maybe ACORN and similar entities could channel their efforts in that direction - organizing getting IDs for those voters? There would be much less possibility for fraud in this case - I'd even say, none.
