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karynnj

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18. It is interesting as USA.gov, says that when you register in your new state after a move, the
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:27 PM
Jan 2017

election office you registered at sends a form to take you off the rolls at your prior home.



When You Should Re-Register or Update Your Registration Information

Anytime you’ve changed your name
Anytime you’ve moved permanently
You can’t be registered to vote in more than one place at a time. When you register to vote in a new location, you’ll be asked for your previous address. Your new election office will send a cancellation form to your previous election office.
https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote#item-212825

One observation I have as someone who moved about 4 years ago - and immediately registered to vote. I know that they did ask the address we moved from (along with county and State). Neither my husband or I checked to see if Burlington VT and Morris County NJ correctly issued and processed the cancellation. But, there is no voter fraud unless we voted in NJ -- which we didn't.

No process is 100% perfect, so I would guess that there are some people who are registered in two places because the system failed - even though they did exactly what the government said above. In addition, I KNOW, that there were people on the voter lists who had died because phone banking that I think was done from the voters list in NJ contained people who moved or in some awkward cases had passed.

When Trump does his study, we need to be sure that only REAL invalid voting is counted. There is a huge difference in finding that there are errors in the voting rolls and voter fraud. I have voted in three states - Indiana, NJ and VT -- in all three I would assume that REAL fraud with people voting as people they are not is likely pretty low. The districts are pretty small and there is a significant risk that if someone (say knowing the name and address of someone who recently died) trying to vote as them. It is very likely that someone would actually know the decedent who would hear the person claiming to be them. This would be voting fraud and would be a crime -- and any instance would have gotten huge coverage. Yet, how many stories did you see?

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LOCK HIM UP!!1! bullwinkle428 Jan 2017 #1
THIS should be reporting on every single leftynyc Jan 2017 #2
Florida keeps track of each individual that votes. dubyadiprecession Jan 2017 #26
Doesn't matter leftynyc Jan 2017 #27
Well, that's different. neeksgeek Jan 2017 #3
Oh, well, I'm sure they'll only be investigating states that went blue. tanyev Jan 2017 #4
Spicer just admitted they will be tarageting "big" states (i.e. blue states) lagomorph777 Jan 2017 #35
There's your voter fraud cheato! 2naSalit Jan 2017 #5
Hey, wasn't Ann Coulter registered in two states also? dhol82 Jan 2017 #6
Actually, she voted in the wrong precenct. louis-t Jan 2017 #32
When does Congress being the hearings? mcar Jan 2017 #7
Has anyone every moved and informed their county voter registrar? mobeau69 Jan 2017 #8
We'll move on from this BS when tRump quits claiming voter fraud groundloop Jan 2017 #10
Yep. dalton99a Jan 2017 #11
Meant "We" as a people (country), not "We" as in Democrats or progressives. mobeau69 Jan 2017 #15
I pretend holding politicians to the very standards they set is bullshit too. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #21
Yep it's up to the local voting districts to ensure those who move away are taken off the rolls yeoman6987 Jan 2017 #22
Not even a good try. Excusing Trump once more, yeoman6987. Kingofalldems Jan 2017 #28
But Bannon got a new registration, at an address he apparently doesn't live at muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #23
Actually, yes. TygrBright Jan 2017 #29
Usually when you register to vote, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #30
I guess I am too, come to think of it. alarimer Jan 2017 #9
I think generally the way it's done is mobeau69 Jan 2017 #17
I told my old one (but I think they never kicked me off their rolls) frazzled Jan 2017 #19
wow. great find hollowdweller Jan 2017 #12
Throw his ass in jail - packman Jan 2017 #13
Why wasn't his name brought up in kobachs cross check? kimbutgar Jan 2017 #14
New York and Florida don't participate in that. subterranean Jan 2017 #24
Lol, only evidence is Bannon, Lol (n/t) harun Jan 2017 #16
It is interesting as USA.gov, says that when you register in your new state after a move, the karynnj Jan 2017 #18
Please someone ask Spice-Boy today if this counts as voter fraud. Get his statement on the record. randome Jan 2017 #20
Priceless. JudyM Jan 2017 #25
Deport him to Russia world wide wally Jan 2017 #31
Income taxes? Before the election Bannon was registered to vote in CA & FL. CaptainTruth Jan 2017 #33
Bannon's double registration should be tweeted to Trump. Ilsa Jan 2017 #34
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