A bill proposed by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., would enable anyone to register to vote on election day and cast a ballot without a photo ID, proof of citizenship or other personal identification.
Clinton calls the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 "critical to restoring America's faith in our voting system," but critics see it as an open door to fraud.
In a column in The Hill newspaper, Byron York called the measure "the most wide-ranging assault ever on the idea that there should be minimum enforceable standards for voters."
In a statement, Clinton said, "Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process. The smooth functioning of our democracy depends on voters having faith in the fairness and accuracy of our voting system, and the Count Every Vote Act is an important step toward restoring this covenant. We must be able to easily and accurately count every vote so that every vote counts."
One section of the bill says each state must allow an individual to register to vote on the day of a federal election and to "have that vote counted in the same manner as a vote cast by an eligible voter who properly registered during the regular registration period."
Another provision says, "Each state and jurisdiction shall accept and process a voter registration application for an election for Federal office unless there is a material omission or information that specifically affects the eligibility of the voter. There shall be a presumption that persons who submit voter registration applications should be registered."
A third section adds, "The following shall not constitute a 'material omission or information that specifically affects the eligibility of the voter': (1) The failure to provide a Social Security number or driver's license number. (2) The failure to provide information concerning citizenship or age in a manner other than" a simple statement that one is a citizen.
York sees this as a recipe for chaos. "Anyone can show up on election day, register and vote, and officials would have no way of knowing whether that person was eligible to vote or not," he said. "All Clinton would require is that the person "affirm" that he or she is eligible to vote.
The bill also would require states to allow anyone to cast a provisional vote anywhere in a state, without being questioned.
That means anyone could cast a vote in as many polling places as could be visited in one day.
In the disputed Washington state governor's race, election handlers admitted hundreds of provisional ballots mistakenly were counted along with verified ballots.
Clinton's bill also allow felons to vote after they've done their time and are off probation.
Additionally, the bill would require the federal government force states to ensure "an equal waiting time for all voters."
The formula devised for measuring that must be based on "the voting age population; voter turnout in past elections; the number of voters registered; the number of voters who have registered since the most recent federal election; Census data for the population served by such voting site; the educational levels and socio-economic factors of the population served by such voting site; the needs and numbers of disabled voters and voters with limited English proficiency; [and] the type of voting systems used."
Clinton says the most crucial provision of the bill requires voting machines produce an "individual voter-verifiable paper record" of each vote, an apparent response to Democrats who accused Republicans of tampering with touch-screen voting machines in Ohio to secure a victory for President Bush.
But York contends the process of paper verification is complicated and would introduce new possibilities for error.
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A bill proposed by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., would enable anyone to register to vote on election day and cast a ballot without a photo ID, proof of citizenship or other personal identification.
We are in the process right now of requiring ID for voting in Wisconsin.
The fraud in Milwaukee had gotten to such a point that even the most brain dead milwaukeeian is starting to see the light.
We are in the process right now of requiring ID for voting in Wisconsin.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH...no we're not.
We're in the process of requiring photo ID like we're in the process of lifting the CCW ban and enacting a real property tax freeze.
Reading through what Hillary is proposing here, why don't we just cut to the chase and require Democrats to vote as many times as they like and Republicans will only get to vote once. That's essentially what it does.
It's the only way the dumbo's, I'm sorry, demo's are going to win back the whitehouse. Hillary only has two firends, so she needs a new law that will let them vote enough times to get her elected.
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