Election Day Registration, No Photo ID Requirement Will Help Boost Turnout In Tomorrow’s

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Election Day Registration, No Photo ID Requirement Will Help Boost Turnout In Tomorrow’s Iowa Caucuses
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/02/396177/iowa-election-day-registration/

Tomorrow, when Iowa Republicans gather across the state to vote on their party’s presidential nominee, one important tool will be available to boost turnout: election day voter registration.

Though Iowa, unlike most states, permits those who haven’t registered (or just need to update their file after a move, for instance) before election day to do so when they show up at their precinct during regular elections, the Huffington Post notes that the Iowa GOP is in charge of setting the rules for its own caucuses.

Despite nationwide efforts to make voting more difficult, the Republican Party of Iowa decided to buck the trend and allow for on-site registration. In doing so, however, they necessarily undercut the argument being made by GOPers in many other states that election day registration (EDR) invites fraud. (Of course, voters are 39 times more likely to be struck by lightning than commit fraud at the polls, and EDR actually helps prevent already-miniscule levels of fraud.)

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Republicans Require No Photo ID To Vote In Republican Iowa Caucus
Brad Friedman also points out that the Republican caucuses will not require voters to present a photo ID in order to cast their ballot, a requirement GOPers around the country pushed vigorously in 2011.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-friedman/republicans-require-no-ph_b_1173283.html

[Historic NY]

1. Sure doesn't look like they are concerned about fraud....

[SixthSense]

3. they got that covered

don't worry it's all in the bag

[wildeyed]

2. It's only bad when Democrats do it. n/t