Laramie County flags 27 cases of voter registration fraud

[TexasTowelie]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Laramie County Clerk's Office says as many as 27 people may have fraudulently registered to vote in the Nov. 8 general election.

County Clerk Debra Lee says possibly 11 felons and 16 non-citizens registered on Nov. 8.

Lee says the potential fraud was discovered as her office was entering Election Day registrations into the statewide voter database. Because so many people turned out to register and vote on Nov. 8, Lee's office received an extension through Dec. 13 to finish processing those registrations.

State Elections Director Kai Schon says his office cross-references the state database with several other agencies to determine if ineligible voters registered.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/laramie-county-flags-cases-of-voter-registration-fraud/article_14dd704a-aaaa-5206-b0f5-427a73fce3bb.html

[TreasonousBastard]

1. A whole 27, eh? And they're not entirely sure yet?

[elleng]

2. in the least populated state!

[Docreed2003]

5. But all them Liberals voted in California for Clinton!!!!...

So this is just a big mistake and a normal happenening for rural states.....

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I know that many states don't allow felons to vote.

I've long wondered what are the constraints on that. Do states inform each other about convicted felons? What if I have a common name, such as Robert Jones, and I register to vote. I am pretty certain that there must be more than one Robert Jones out there who's a convicted felon, maybe even in my state. How do I prove I'm a Robert Jones who has NEVER been in trouble with the law.]

Conversely, what if I'm Robert Jones, convicted felon is a state perhaps on the east coast. I serve my time. I'm now a free man. I move to another state. If I register to vote, how can my new state connect me to the felon I have been.

I'm deliberately using a common name here, because common names are at the heart of a lot of supposed voter fraud.

In my real life I have a name that is extremely uncommon. I, personally, have never been convicted of a felony. But I'm aware of the total bullshit that Republicans claim about voter fraud.

If I were in charge, anyone who is a citizen would be eligible to vote. Even if currently incarcerated.

[TexasTowelie]

4. A Google search

indicates 72 matches for Poindexter in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Your name might be more common than you thought.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. I'm Poindexter Oglethorpe,

not Poindexter in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. It's not my real name. It's a borrowed, made up name. A high school classmates had come up with this many years ago as an alias. She'd pictured Poindexter Oglethorpe as a descendant of some plantation owner in Virginia. This isn't my real name. I'm simply using it here as a screen name.

My real name, which I won't disclose here, also is unique. I've googled my name more than once and the only person I come up with is me.

But I'm not a felon. So there are at least two issues here: one is being a felon, the other is having a common name. I understand that in the recent election people would get turned away because someone with a similar name in a different state was apparently a felon. LInda K Thompson in one state was utterly confused with Linda J Thomas in another. Close, but no cigar as we used to say.

And uniqueness or commonality of names isn't really the issue. The issue is the right to vote.

Sometimes I'm astonished that certain names are shared by vastly more people than I'd have imagined. For instance, and I'm using pseudonyms here, I have a friend whose name is Roberta Langsworthy. She's the only person I know with that name, but to my vast asonishment, there are hundreds of Roberta Langsworthys out there. So just because I know only one, doesn't mean it's a unique name. And if only one of the many Roberta Langsworthys out there is a felon, then all of those with the same name are tainted. What bullshit.

Again, a made up name.