a search of the NYT web site reveals only glancing references to the voter registration fraud that ACORN
is perpetrating in the swing states (and then only in their blogs), but they have apparently invested a great
deal of time and effort into an investigation of the procedures that states use to purge voter roles. people
move, people die, people get convicted of felonies, & etc.
but, no. this story is arguing that democrats are being harmed because all of these frequently fraudulent
registrations are being dropped from the rolls through sheer bureaucratic inefficiency and incompetence.
talk about missing the freaking boat. no, I didn't expect more from the NYT, but it's outrageous that they
are not only ignoring the ACORN fraud story, but are actually "exposing" that the fraud may not be having
the effect that was intended.
that just seems to increase the depth to which the MSM is in the tank for obama.
States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times.
The actions do not seem to be coordinated by one party or the other, nor do they appear to be the result of election officials intentionally breaking rules, but are apparently the result of mistakes in the handling of the registrations and voter files as the states tried to comply with a 2002 federal law, intended to overhaul the way elections are run.
Still, because Democrats have been more aggressive at registering new voters this year, according to state election officials, any heightened screening of new applications may affect their party’s supporters disproportionately. The screening or trimming of voter registration lists in the six states — Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina — could also result in problems at the polls on Election Day: people who have been removed from the rolls are likely to show up only to be challenged by political party officials or election workers, resulting in confusion, long lines and heated tempers.
Some states allow such voters to cast provisional ballots. But they are often not counted because they require added verification.
Although much attention this year has been focused on the millions of new voters being added to the rolls by the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, there has been far less notice given to the number of voters being dropped from those same rolls.
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