McConnell backs ID for voters (among other things)

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- If Sen. Mitch McConnell has his way, voters in future elections would have to show a photo ID or driver's license and could be unregistered if they didn't vote in two federal contests in a row.

And he wants the United States to test an idea used recently in the Iraqi elections -- making voters dip a finger in indelible ink at polling places.

McConnell, R-Kentucky, said his goal in filing Senate Bill 414 is to combat election fraud, citing recent instances of people registered to vote in more than one state and other irregularities. In the past election, dogs were registered to vote in Maryland, Florida and Missouri, and more than 70,000 duplicate registrations were found in North Carolina and South Carolina.

But Democratic Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Hillary Clinton of New York have offered a competing bill, SB 450, that seeks to encourage more people to vote by allowing registration on election day, making federal election day a holiday and requiring states to cut long lines at the polls.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050328/NEWS0104/503280401/1008/NEWS01

[toopers]

1. We should mix the ideas.

Allow same day registration, but require the finger dipping. I think that would resolve all the issues.

[Rose Siding]

2. If they chose the right hand to mark, some factions may disapprove

"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666" (Rev. 13:16-18).

I predict fireworks :evilgrin:

[sadiesworld]

3. No reference to paper trails and open source codes in the

Kerry/Clinton plan? Please tell me this is simply an ommission by the not-so-liberal-after-all CJ.