Absentee Ballots: Question about double-registration possibilities.

[The Backlash Cometh]

Here's the scenario leading up to my question:

We all know that the Republicans are known for aggressive voter drives with the absentee ballots. We also know that the Republicans are aggressive on election day, phoning their Republican voters to come out to vote. What if these two things are not coordinated, county by county? In other words, what if someone has lived in one county as a registered Republican, then moved to another county. The local Republicans from the first county may send the voter absentee ballots, which the voter may then complete and return without realizing it came from that county; then as election day nears, the Republicans from the county he now lives in are calling him up to say that he should come in on election day to vote because there is no record of an absentee ballot in that county.

This would results in double voting and the voter would not even be aware of it. With all the talk of lost absentee ballots, he may just assume that his county never received his ballot.

So my question, what are the checks and balances to confirm that someone isn't sending absentee ballots in one county, and voting in the next?

[GregD]

1. Interesting timing - that came up yesterday

VotersUnite received such a report from CA yesterday.

A couple guys were overheard discussing the fact that they voted locally, and were voting absentee in a red state where they had previously resided.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. I think it has happened more than once. What no one is realizing,

is that it may be happening within the same state! We're just assuming that it's difficult to uncover from state to state, but we're not paying attention to it happening within the same state.

It's logical that it would happen because the Republicans are so aggressive with both, sending absentee ballots to anyone who still has a pulse on the database (In other words, someone who hasn't yet been purged within two years) and calling people to come down and vote if their present county doesn't reflect that they've received an absentee ballot. From what I can tell, things are not coordinated very well from county to county.