Election Reform

the one where many that came out yesterday didn't then....if they didn't vote in a school board, local election, fire district election, of the 2012 election there is a good chance they were purged. In 08 there were lots of purges and new electronic voting was coming on line. I was recruited by the Senate to monitor elections in my county. The next largest category of purges was people that failed to update there address's on the NY drivers licenses, yeah who thinks about that when its an 8 year renewal. On top of that you cannot not have a post office address, it must be a physical address that can be verified. Then the people that don't want government to be busy bodies check off not-affiliated on there Driver License applications, NY has motor voter. You can call it a demolition derby if you wish, but its not the Board of Elections responsibility, its you the voter to keep them informed. The NY Constitution incorporated into it many provisions the new help America Vote Act of 2002. I just giving you reasons why one get vaporized.....its actually self-inflicted since many don't participate in voting when and where it counts.

It puts more work on the shoulders of those that work the polls and they can only go by the lists. Its even hard to fill these positions because people couldn't be bothered. Its usually left up to the major political parties to find people to work. I was heartened to see some young people instead of 70-80 year old ladies sitting in my District yesterday.

I covered 36 sq miles + and then was sent to the most controversial section in the county where there is a large voting bloc. I had to assist and arbitrate many of the applications for affidavit ballots. This was suppose to be the big trial run in a presidential year 08....for all the suggestions and fixes including BOE notifications people still can't get it right. People need to get serious about voting in every election or at the very least check on of the many on-line sites that will tell you if your registered or where to vote.