http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/11/20/why-voter-id-laws-are-a-bad-idea-except-to-suppressors Comments On: UPDATE: Why voter ID laws are a bad idea, except to vote suppressors by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
I think that Voter ID - OR - Voter verification is REQUIRED. Strange how 109% of registered voters voted in one precinct during the Presidential Election. Strange..but true yet it wasn't challenged.

How many people say they are Citizens when they are not. You need a birth certificate to get a driver's license, more to get a Passport yet anyone willing to say "yes" can vote.

When I called the Voter's Registration Office to ask what ID was necessary, I was told a Driver's License would be fine. The clerk thought that if you had a Driver's License, that you were a Citizen.. WRONG .. Either Driver's Licenses need to show you ARE or are NOT a Citizen, or a birth certificate should be required to register to vote.

Voter suppression .. that's ridiculous. You either want to vote or you don't and the need to prove you are entitled to vote should be appreciated by all "legal" voters so they know that voter fraud is not affecting the outcome of a vote.
Posted by Gran/Pa]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:05:58 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by MysteryShopper]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:00:50 -0600 Arkansas Times http://www.truthinjustice.org/fingerprint-…


“That's basically what's going on now: Everything is propaganda.”
Lindsey Buckingham
Posted by Zatharus]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:49:38 -0600 Arkansas Times http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/…
Posted by springdale_liberal]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:11:34 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Self Appointed Arbiter]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:53:04 -0600 Arkansas Times
Voter fraud is NOT easy to pull off in ANY significant volume to effect an outcome except in a tiny race for small town mayor or clerk.
Posted by Citizen1]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:50:49 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:41:29 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412…

It's a valuable asset, for sure.

So how good is the local data?

https://twitter.com/1willbond/status/26588…
Posted by radical centrist]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:38:32 -0600 Arkansas Times
And James O'Keefe? Really, Saline? Really? That's the best source you can site?
Posted by the outlier]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:07:50 -0600 Arkansas Times Voter Fraud still is very easy to pull off. Here is an example from James O’Keefe:
http://thedailyhatch.org/2012/04/11/herita…
Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:05:10 -0600 Arkansas Times
Your party hasn't been the party of Lincoln for a long, long time.
Posted by the outlier]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:59:16 -0600 Arkansas Times
Somehow, either party gets it screwed up, there's lots of blaming and saying this should never happen then, it happens again. Call it an extended Bella Vista moment.

Overcounting, undercounting, running out of ballots or voting machines that don't work.
I thought perhaps there was a secret plan to inject stuff into the water supply about two weeks before every election. But they have a better plan. Put people on the Election Commission with no idea or experience in how to conduct elections, have them evaluate election machinery they know nothing about and take the word of vendors as gospel.
No review, no research is no problem in Benton County.
Posted by eLwood]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:58:05 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:55:42 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by springdale_liberal]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:54:57 -0600 Arkansas Times
The hope is increase voter participation by making the process easier. And if you look at the demographics of smartphone owners, it would be an attractive method for the younger generation of eligible voters. But it will need biometric authentication for security.

The fingerprint scanner will also be a deterrent against phone robberies that are plaguing Little Rock lately. There's not much point in stealing a phone that won't turn on without the owners fingerprint.
Posted by radical centrist]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:53:53 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by TuckerMax]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:39:39 -0600 Arkansas Times
No machine should ever process or count a vote. For those who manage the code will control everything. The mere lack of online privacy rights/protections alone should negate the possibility of online voting.

Once again we have Republicans leading the way... and no real response to them by democrats... except to keep repeating what republicans say/want. Which is nothing but complicity at best... a promise to "compromise" end up with what republicans want, most likely. Demos are about a 25 percent party. Just like Republicans. Neither wants to earn votes from the other (roughly) 50 percent who either don't vote or vote third party. They like things the way they are... fooling many, representing the very rich.

Voting should be a right for all. And the country needs to amend the constitution on many levels in this respect. Abolishing the electoral college, establishing multi-pary proportional representation, establishing public party through campaign finance only.... there are many ways to improve upon our system... yet demo's refuse to utilize even these types of suggestions as mere talking points in any form of rebuttal to republicans. Quite telling.
Posted by Eureka Springs]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:34:18 -0600 Arkansas Times
Apple continues preparations for their fingerprint scanners in future iPhones -

http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/19/…
Posted by radical centrist]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:10:22 -0600 Arkansas Times