Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Same Day Registration Passes Iowa House

Same Day Registration Passes Iowa House

54-44 which sounds like an almost party line vote to me. Update: Kudos to Walt Tomenga, only Republican to vote yes. (Dems were unanimous) Libby Jacobs, the woman who single handedly blocked paper trails last year, rambled on about "serial voters" as if Hannibal Lecter and Jeffrey Dahmer were in your polling place. (Aside: I always wondered what what happen if you had the ultimate in unpopular candidates and each party nominated their respective serial killers: Republican Ted Bundy and Democrat John Wayne Gacy...)

I mentioned paper trails (I know, that's soooo 2006, and 2007 is all about Ban The Touch.) Long time readers will note that I have seemed dismissive of the issue. That's only because I think same day registration is far far far more important. Once Culver signs this, then I'll talk about equipment with joy in my heart.

In any case this post at Kos looks at allegations of fraud in same-day registration Wisconsin in 2000 and finds teh charges wanting:

Every investigation -- including investigations by the local district attorney -- found no evidence of any actual voter fraud. As more investigations were made, it became clear that the story was entirely a fabrication. Not only that, it was fabricated intentionally. The incident at Marquette was part of a number of Republican efforts to generate controversy in Wisconsin in 2000. Why? Because they needed a counter story to signs of clear voter suppression elsewhere, including in Florida. As the drama in Florida unfolded, Republicans invented incident by incident in Wisconsin, all in an effort to distract the press and drum up righteous indignation. Six years later, this utterly disproven incident is still being used in an editorial to defend the polls from 'voter fraud.' In fact, the 'fraud at Marquette,' has become one of those events enshrined in Republican mythology.


That poster is definitely gonna lose her job as a United States Attorney.

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