We already have the ability from our living rooms to register to vote—almost no verification.
Starting January 1, 2015, you will be able to shop up at a polling place in San Diego on election days and vote. Then you can go to Santa Ana, and vote—onto Los Angeles, Santa Barbara—and every county to San Fran till the polls close. Corruption will be rampant. It took four years for the secretary of State of Minnesota to figure out that Al Franken won a Senate seat based on same day registration fraud, as outlined.
Now, they want to give a whole month of Saturday voting so that one person could vote in all 58 counties! Corruption—the Democrat way. Remember, it took five years to prove that the signatures on the Obama petition to get on the Indiana ballot were forgeries!
“A bill in the state Senate would write that thought into law. SB 637 would require California counties to have a polling place open for early voting for four hours on at least one Saturday in the month before a municipal or state election.
Bill author Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, said an extra day would help people to fit voting into increasingly busy work and family lives.
But opponents note that busy people can vote by mail, and nearly half of counties already offer Saturday voting without being ordered to do so.”
Question of the Week: Would an extra day to vote help turnout?
LA Daily News, Editorial, 7/22/13
Every month or two this year, usually on a Tuesday, Californians have been reminded that voting is a privilege of which too few people want to — or are able to — take advantage.
Only 23 percent of registered voters in Los Angeles cast ballots for mayor and other city offices in May. Less than that was expected for this week’s special elections in the 6th Los Angeles City Council District.
As leaders look for ways to raise turnout in often unglamorous local elections, one thought has been: What if polling stations weren’t open only on Tuesdays?
A bill in the state Senate would write that thought into law. SB 637 would require California counties to have a polling place open for early voting for four hours on at least one Saturday in the month before a municipal or state election.
Bill author Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, said an extra day would help people to fit voting into increasingly busy work and family lives.
But opponents note that busy people can vote by mail, and nearly half of counties already offer Saturday voting without being ordered to do so.
Foes note practical obstacles like cost and the availability of voting locations and volunteers.
What do you think? Our Question of the Week is: Would offering an extra day to go to the polls be a good way to increase voter turnout?
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