Scam alert for south central Wisconsin

[undeterred]

SCAM ALERT for SOUTH Central Wisconsin – Federal Trade Commission warns of Fake Voter Registration scam.

People are receiving phone calls from phony “election officials” stating that their social security number is needed to verify whether or not they are an eligible voter. If you receive a call like this call the FTC at 1-877-382-4357. Anyone over 18, who is a citizen, and not a felon can vote in Wisconsin without any new pre-registration before Election Day.

per Sen. Erpenbach's office.

Edit: Never give out your Social security number to someone you don't know over the phone.

[dragonlady]

1. In addition

the voter registration form requires only the last four digits of the SSN, not the whole thing, and only if you have no driver's license or state ID.

:hi:

[undeterred]

2. I'm on the email list for Fair Elections Wisconsin

which I highly recommend- they seem to be on top of everything. I had no idea there were so many election issues in Wisconsin. That's how I heard about the scam.

:hi:

Join the email group by sending an email to [e-mail]

Website: http://www.fairelectionswi.com/

:kick:

[midnight]

3. The the next piece of data that will be requiered to vote.

Mark my words.

[undeterred]

4. Sen. Erpenbach: To Van Hollen: Let the people of Wisconsin vote

9/11/2008

Contact: Senator Jon Erpenbach
608-266-6670

Lawsuit Attempts to Kick People Off List Over Bureaucratic Data Errors

Madison – Senator Jon Erpenbach (D- Waunakee) today challenged an action filed by Attorney General Van Hollen in Dane County Court against the Government Accountability Board that attempts to kick new registrants off of the voter database.

“The highest ranking republican elected official, Van Hollen is the leader of the Republican Party in Wisconsin, but he should be careful not to use his office to try to undermine democracy. Bureaucratic failures should not deny someone’s right to vote; the lawsuit is weak and against the mission of Van Hollen’s office,” said Erpenbach.

“If Van Hollen is that concerned that about the voter database he can put his agents on database cross referencing validation duty instead of trying to kick eligible voters off the polls and make clerks from around the state do it for him.”

New registrants, even those that register by mail, are required to provide when they vote: full name, driver license number (copy of license if mailed), the last four digits of their social security number, current street address, previous street address, date of birth, proof of their current residence in a legal document, and they are required to sign an affidavit that they are a current eligible voter which states it is a felony to lie.

“What more could you want from someone who just wants to vote in Wisconsin? The politics of this state have made it more and more difficult for people to register to vote for an election. You have to have an advance degree to decipher the form,” Erpenbach said.

“State databases are not perfect, sometimes they have small errors. It is not worth denying someone their fundamental right to vote because the Department of Transportation has their middle initial wrong or forgot the space in a name like ‘Van Hollen’.”

Reasons why voters can be “red flagged” on the SVRS system:
· Department of Transportation and SVRS have different middle initial.
· Department of Transportation and SVRS have a different “spelling” of last name including spaces, apostrophes, capitalization, and hyphenation.
· Simple data entry errors from either DOT or SVRS also cause “red flag.”


http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=135736