With worn-out clichés about the dead voting, Chicago used to be the poster child for voter fraud. But if any state is a poster child for terrible election practices, it is surely Georgia. Bold claims demand bold evidence, and unfortunately there's plenty; on Monday, McClatchy reported a string of irregularities from the state's primary election in May, including one precinct with a 243-percent turnout.
McClatchy's data comes from a federal lawsuit filed against the state. In addition to the problem in Habersham County's Mud Creek precinct, where it appeared that 276 registered voters managed to cast 670 ballots, the piece describes numerous other issues with both voter registration and electronic voting machines. (In fact it was later corrected to show 3,704 registered voters in the precinct.)
Multiple sworn statements from voters describe how they turned up at their polling stations only to be turned away or directed to other precincts. Even more statements allege incorrect ballots, frozen voting machines, and other issues.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @02:53PM (2 children)
If you can buy beer or cigarettes without ID, that store is violating the law. You should report them.
In many states, this also applies to numerous over-the-counter drugs. An example is sudafed (spelling?) or pseudophedrin, a cold medicine that can be converted into meth.
If your state has a lottery, you probably need ID for that as well.
(Score: 3, Touché) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:18PM
Beer and cigarettes are not groceries.
See above.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday August 09 2018, @05:10PM
Sorry, try again. In many states, if you appear to be older than 30 or 35 to a reasonable person, you don't need to be carded.