Comments on: New Mexico Voter Registration Groups Sue New Mexico http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/07/28/new-mexico-voter-registration-groups-sue-new-mexico/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3546 By: Jim R http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/07/28/new-mexico-voter-registration-groups-sue-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-449200 Jim R Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:31:37 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3733#comment-449200 Doesn't the Motor-Voter law require that the deceased be offered the opportunity to register when the death certificate is filed? Doesn’t the Motor-Voter law require that the deceased be offered the opportunity to register when the death certificate is filed?

]]> By: Richard http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/07/28/new-mexico-voter-registration-groups-sue-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-448600 Richard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:50:07 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3733#comment-448600 The federal Motor-Voter Law of 1993 specifically lets the states purge voters who haven't voted for two important elections in a row and who don't respond to a postal inquiry. All this talk of dead voters voting is beside the point. In every state, when a death certificate is prepared for an in-state resident who died, a notice of that certificate is sent to the elections officials who maintain voter registration rolls. The federal Motor-Voter Law of 1993 specifically lets the states purge voters who haven’t voted for two important elections in a row and who don’t respond to a postal inquiry.

All this talk of dead voters voting is beside the point. In every state, when a death certificate is prepared for an in-state resident who died, a notice of that certificate is sent to the elections officials who maintain voter registration rolls.

]]> By: DonLake@sbcglo bal.net http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/07/28/new-mexico-voter-registration-groups-sue-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-448591 DonLake@sbcglo bal.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:22:50 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3733#comment-448591 The Chicago rule? Why should a person become disenfranchized just because they are not breathing on a regular basis? The Chicago rule? Why should a person become disenfranchized just because they are not breathing on a regular basis?

]]> By: Michael Morrison http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/07/28/new-mexico-voter-registration-groups-sue-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-448563 Michael Morrison Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:29:17 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3733#comment-448563 It seems funny that Republicans try to inhibit voter registration, but is it because Democrats manage to bring to the polls voters who have been dead for years? When I first got involved in politics, it was the norm that anyone who didn't vote for, say, two elections in a row, or two presidential elections in a row, was "purged," to use the technical term. Apparently now purging is illegal, because those dead people are not only still allowed but encouraged to keep on voting. It seems funny that Republicans try to inhibit voter registration, but is it because Democrats manage to bring to the polls voters who have been dead for years?
When I first got involved in politics, it was the norm that anyone who didn’t vote for, say, two elections in a row, or two presidential elections in a row, was “purged,” to use the technical term.
Apparently now purging is illegal, because those dead people are not only still allowed but encouraged to keep on voting.

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