MaggieD
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The point is that false registrations don't translate into false votes. False registrations don't affect the outcome of an election, and since actual false votes almost never happen, there is no problem with inaccurate votes. Almost every recorded case of "voter fraud", doesn't actually involve anyone casting a vote that they aren't legally entitled to.
If you want to crack down on poll workers to be honest, that's fine. But their actions still aren't affecting the outcomes of elections.
OHMYGOD!! Fifteen whole improper votes in ten years!! Our whole system is destroyed!! Oh wait, fifteen votes won't even affect who wins a race for county clerk, let alone anything national like a senator or president. And these fifteen votes weren't even in the same race if they were split over ten years. If that's all the fake votes that are cast over a decade, then we have an amazingly accurate system.
How do you square that with the 11% of American citizens who don't have ID?
Fifteen cases, Smarty Pants, not 15 improper votes. The fact is that there should be no loopholes for fraud -- at the polls by the pollsters, during the registration process, and in the voting booth. You don't agree. I get that. I'm willing to live with it.