A lawsuit filed by the state attorney general Wednesday has the potential to slow down voting lines in what promises to be a staggering turnout for the Nov. 4 election, local voting officials said.Disenfranchise, or inconvenience?
"It will disenfranchise voters. That's what we're concerned about," City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl said.
If you're worried people won't vote because you actually have to uphold the LAW, you've got another thing coming. I think they'll wait in line- the polls stay open until the last person in line at 8 pm has voted. And another thing, if they have problems with the lines on E-day, they can vote absentee or vote early beforehand. Bank your vote, and it's one less thing to worry about come-a Tuesday.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, a Republican, filed the lawsuit Monday in Dane County Circuit Court to get ineligible voters off the rolls. It calls for a court order mandating the Government Accountability Board to cross-check voters who have registered since Jan. 1, 2006, when federal Help America Vote Act legislation required that states implement a voter database to cross-check voter registrations with Department of Transportation, criminal and death records.Where is the Family Fued "X" when you need one? WRONG AGAIN, GAB. Because you all have put off the voter-reg system and lord knows what you've been doing, because I'm sure those finance reports could get online a lot faster... it's your fault the lines will be longer.
"We're working on plans to make sure we don't have long lines at the polls, make sure that the lines can move smoothly and quickly," Witzel-Behl said. "If we throw this into the mix, then it is going to slow things down."
Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy said the board is committed to preventing voter fraud, but Van Hollen's demands are too much, too soon.Too much, too soon, to ensure citizen votes are being counted legally?
I think not.
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