In Horry County, officials are training poll workers, including telling them to ask voters to show either a voter registration card, a driver’s license or an ID card issued by the S.C. Highway Department, said Sandy Martin, voter registration and elections director.  This has been the same procedure Horry County Voter Registration officials have followed for years.

Georgetown County will also stick to requiring pollsters to ask for one of those same three forms of identification, said Donna Mahn, county director of elections and voter registration.

Hopefully South Carolina voters without one of the three required forms of ID won’t be expecting the generous “reasonable impediment” provision included in the new law, which the court delayed until 2013 due to DOJ’s months-long stalling with baseless litigation.

In Horry County, officials are training poll workers, including telling them to ask voters to show either a voter registration card, a driver’s license or an ID card issued by the S.C. Highway Department, said Sandy Martin, voter registration and elections director.  This has been the same procedure Horry County Voter Registration officials have followed for years.

Georgetown County will also stick to requiring pollsters to ask for one of those same three forms of identification, said Donna Mahn, county director of elections and voter registration.

Hopefully South Carolina voters without one of the three required forms of ID won’t be expecting the generous “reasonable impediment” provision included in the new law, which the court delayed until 2013 due to DOJ’s months-long stalling with baseless litigation.

The Governor told Univision/ABC:

“The county supervisors of elections are responsible for their local voter rolls. They’re elected, and every citizen will decide if they’re doing their job properly.  We fought to make sure they had the right to the SAVE database so they can look and make sure they have fair, honest elections in their area.”

Federal judge William Zloch dismissed charges that Florida violated federal law by seeking to remove noncitizens who might be registered to vote.

The U.S. Justice Department and advocacy groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Service Employees International Union aimed to prevent the voter purge, arguing that it could not be done within 90 days of an election.

“Certainly, the National Voter Registration Act does not require the state to idle on the sidelines until a non-citizen violates the law before the state can act,” wrote Zloch in his opinion.

A representative from the ACLU was not available for comment, but the group has become more open to admitting voter fraud is a problem in the Sunshine State.

More here.

The Governor told Univision/ABC:

“The county supervisors of elections are responsible for their local voter rolls. They’re elected, and every citizen will decide if they’re doing their job properly.  We fought to make sure they had the right to the SAVE database so they can look and make sure they have fair, honest elections in their area.”

Federal judge William Zloch dismissed charges that Florida violated federal law by seeking to remove noncitizens who might be registered to vote.

The U.S. Justice Department and advocacy groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Service Employees International Union aimed to prevent the voter purge, arguing that it could not be done within 90 days of an election.

“Certainly, the National Voter Registration Act does not require the state to idle on the sidelines until a non-citizen violates the law before the state can act,” wrote Zloch in his opinion.

A representative from the ACLU was not available for comment, but the group has become more open to admitting voter fraud is a problem in the Sunshine State.

More here.

“Double voting is especially a concern in Florida, where part-time residents, known as snowbirds, have a second home in a different state, giving them the chance to register to vote in two states, according to elections supervisors. Absentee ballots, which are growing more popular, make it easier to pull off this fraud because the person doesn’t need to travel to both places.

“The problem stems largely because there’s no national database that enables all states to cross-check registration and voting records… In 20 states where officials match records, thousands of people turned up as possibly double voting during the 2010 general election. But these cross-check systems have a lag and often don’t catch questionable votes until long after an election is over…

“Election supervisors say preventing this type of fraud is paramount because once an unlawful ballot is cast, it can’t be reversed, even if the person is convicted of the crime.”

A 2012 Pew Center study found that, of more than 24 million U.S. voter registration records that are inaccurate, out of date, or duplicates, “Nearly 2.8 million people are registered in two or more states.”  Will more states get serious about cleaning up and cross-checking their voter registration rolls, to prevent this fraudulent activity and restore public confidence in election outcomes?

“Double voting is especially a concern in Florida, where part-time residents, known as snowbirds, have a second home in a different state, giving them the chance to register to vote in two states, according to elections supervisors. Absentee ballots, which are growing more popular, make it easier to pull off this fraud because the person doesn’t need to travel to both places.

“The problem stems largely because there’s no national database that enables all states to cross-check registration and voting records… In 20 states where officials match records, thousands of people turned up as possibly double voting during the 2010 general election. But these cross-check systems have a lag and often don’t catch questionable votes until long after an election is over…

“Election supervisors say preventing this type of fraud is paramount because once an unlawful ballot is cast, it can’t be reversed, even if the person is convicted of the crime.”

A 2012 Pew Center study found that, of more than 24 million U.S. voter registration records that are inaccurate, out of date, or duplicates, “Nearly 2.8 million people are registered in two or more states.”  Will more states get serious about cleaning up and cross-checking their voter registration rolls, to prevent this fraudulent activity and restore public confidence in election outcomes?

More on why a majority supports Minnesota’s voter ID amendment here.