Reply #66: Registration & more...

[IndyOp]

Registration at Bureau of Motor Vehicles would have to have a LOT more oversight to be fair. There were a lot of problems with BMV registrations in Indiana, and, I think in other states. If registrations from BMV's in 'some areas' are not processed correctly then we have a means of election fraud.

Here is a novel idea: Purge all voter registration rolls - dump 'em. Use names/addresses on tax returns as the basis of the voter registration roles -- everyone who hands in a tax return is automatically registered. For those people who don't pay taxes alternate ways of registering will be provided. I know that our local WorkForce Development and Medicaid/Medicare and Social Security offices have voter registration forms available. (I wish we could just use names & addresses from these programs, but the Repubs will cry foul given that they think everyone who needs these programs is already cheating the system by drawing multiple checks, etcetera).

Also we MUST have public control of the voter rolls -- right now the voting machine companies and some other shady companies, like Accenture, are doing this job. Cannot be trusted!

All voting-age adults MUST vote (?) - just an idea - a discussion of the merits may be worthwhile.

And, yes, absolutely 100% paper ballots, placed in see-through ballot boxes, counted publicly. For local, state, and federal elections.
MUST standardize & simplify provisional ballot procedures - the additional affidavit that voters had to sign in Ohio is obvious voter suppression.

A voter holiday would be great - especially if we could make it a Monday and allow voting across the country over the 3-day weekend. (I am a bit concerned about extending the voting period beyond 2-3 days. The longer ballots sit around the less secure they are.)

I love the idea of making vote-county duty like jury-duty -- awesome idea! Employers must pay them for the day.

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