Letters on Voter ID Confuse Ga. Voters

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-elect/2006/oct/06/100603136.html

ATLANTA (AP) - Tens of thousands of Georgia voters recently received letters telling them they must show a photo ID to cast a ballot Nov. 7 - a message some fear will create confusion on Election Day, since a judge recently struck down the requirement.

The State Board of Elections mailed more than 300,000 of the letters - about 20,000 of them after the judge issued his ruling Sept. 19.

Board of Elections vice chairman Claud "Tex" McIver said he does not expect voter confusion will be a problem this fall.

"Just walk in the door," McIver said Friday.

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[panader0]

1. A guy named "Tex" in Georgia?

That's not quite as bad as a guy named George in Texas.

[robinlynne]

2. I say put the mofo in jail. I'm sick of these people messing with our vote

votes, and nothing happens. JAILTIME for all of them.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Were they, by any chance, BLACK??

Just wondering.

[MGKrebs]

4. So are you going to send another mailer Tex?

Those people won't "just walk in the door" if they don't have the now un-needed ID will they?

But then, that was the point, wasn't it. Mission at least partially accomplished.

[JimDandy]

6. "There are no plans to send out additional mailings... "

"...or make public service announcements; McIver said there is not enough money in the budget to do that."

Gee, the $8,000 in postage for that last batch of 20,000 illegally sent postcards would have bought a decent amount of public service announcements.

Mission accomplished is right!

[SoCalDem]

5. Sounds like democrats need to send a letter to all registered dems

Dear dem voter,

You are probably aware of past and present efforts, by "some" people, to keep you from voting.

A few points to remember..

1) the election is on NOVEMBER 7th.. It's ALWAYS on a TUESDAY

2) you should call or visit the registrar of voters to VERIFY THAT YOU ARE IN FACT REGISTERED...make sure your proper address is listed

3) check to make sure you know EXACTLY where your voting place is

4) bring ALL the ID you can muster..especially photo id..

call our office @ ...-...-.... for more information

[LiberalFighter]

8. They couldn't put a notice in the paper? or

Hold a press conference close to the election and request television to run crawlers during their newscast and radio stations do a 10 second spot informing the public of the change? ON A DAILY BASIS and on election day and the day before do it more often?

[Roland99]

7. They were sure in a rush to get those letters out, eh?

Fuckers!

[texpatriot2004]

9. Exactly nm

[mhatrw]

10. That was the idea. n/t