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Thread ID: 14805 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2004-08-24
2004-08-24 04:10 | User Profile
Exposed: Scandal of double voters
By RUSS BUETTNER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
With debate over the 2000 election still raging, thousands of people illegally register in both New York City and Florida, which could swing an election.
Some [B]46,000 New Yorkers are registered to vote in both the city and Florida[/B], a shocking finding that exposes both states to potential abuses that could alter the outcome of elections, a Daily News investigation shows. Registering in two places is illegal in both states, but the massive snowbird scandal goes undetected because election officials don't check rolls across state lines.
The finding is even more stunning given the pivotal role Florida played in the 2000 presidential election, when a margin there of 537 votes tipped a victory to George W. Bush.
Computer records analyzed by The News don't allow for an exact count of how many people vote in both places, because millions of names are regularly purged between elections.
But The News found that between 400 and 1,000 registered voters have voted twice in at least one election, a federal offense punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
One was [B]Norman Siegel,[/B] 84, who is registered as a Republican in both Pinellas Park, Fla., and Briarwood, Queens. Siegel has voted twice in seven elections, including the last four presidential races, records show.
[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/224449p-192807c.html[/url]
2004-08-24 17:03 | User Profile
This is rings true to me. I was stationed in Tampa where I registered to vote as a citizen of Florida. I assumed this would nullify my California citizenship(I guess I was naive to have that much confidence in gov't competance.) After receiving voting material from Florida, I got a call from my old landlord saying I had been mailed sample ballots and such from California. For the cost of a plane ticket I could have voted twice and nobody would have been the wiser.