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In reply to the discussion: Colorado voter registration FRAUD caught on camera [View all]PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)a very good idea. That way, as long as the registration form batches are all accounted for, and in numerical order, there could be no speculating that the volunteer/paid worker either accidentally (or on purpose) "lost" some of them. And if someone were dumb enough to try it, they'd easily be caught.
Is that something you guys do on your own (to protect your forms from partisan R accusations), or is it required by law for everyone registering voters in your state? I'm assuming the latter... and if that is the case, I wonder how many other states do this?
So if other states use this sort of numbering system, in this case Colorado, I can see all the more reason why R's would "encourage" this young lady to do her best to have her batch disproportionately full of R registrants. Thus necessitating her question beforehand as seen in the video.
With this in mind, it'd be interesting to see what would have happened if the woman who made the video had actually played along by saying "No, I'm voting for Obama, but would like to fill out one of your forms anyway, since I see that you are doing registrations". Would the young woman then discourage her from registering, or even outright refuse to give her the form to fill out? I think THAT would be an even better Gotcha-on-video moment! I'm quite certain that in this hypothetical scenario, it'd be illegal.
Nonetheless, this video is pretty damning as-is. I don't know if what we saw is illegal or not, but it is clearly unethical. I hope it gets a lot of exposure.