Quote:


I agree voter-fraud needs to be cleaned up. So how do we do it?

Showing drivers license (or ID) is a start (I don't mind do you?)

But how do you clean up intimidation? Police "guarding" the polling places to keep down riots (yeah right). We had that in GLADEWATER TX - one damn policeman was "helping" people out of their cars and "walking" them into the polls. Took the Sheriff's office to stop that one. Rigged election? Ya betch! And that was only local.

Poll watchers? Of couse we have them. In local elections we've even had them from the state. But we still had problems.

We've had early ballot boxes left at city hall - guess who had keys? And guess who won the early voting? The incumbunts of course! How do you stop that. I'm not really sure - the state of Texas hasn't figured it out yet.

I've gone to vote and seen local party chairmen talking to election judges with badges for their candidates proudly displayed. Isn't that sorta illegal? But it's happening. Back years ago in our town they had CO-election judges - one dem and one repub (usually my dad and his rep counterpart - Ms Joyce). They SAW to it that neither side did anything they shouldn't and we had pretty fair elections. But dad died and Ms Joyce said it wasn't any fun working elections without him to argue with so she quit too and now they've gone to the dogs. Maybe that's a solution. At least you'd know the INSIDE of the polls were run right.

Get standarized ballots - one that everyone can understand. If you can't read - have someone in there that can read them to you - someone working the election without an opinion - tuff one there.

So I've rambled an don't have an answer...

Hugs Bd