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    Study: 1 in 8 US voter registrations have errors

    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A new report says about 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors.

    The study released Tuesday by the Pew Center on the States found that about 1.8 million dead people are still on the rolls and many more are approved to vote in multiple states. About 12 million registrations contain address inaccuracies. Researchers say they don't see evidence of widespread fraud but believe outdated state systems are failing to keep pace with changes in people's lives.

    In conjunction with Pew's report, eight states said they are working this year on a centralized data system to help identify people whose registrations may be out of date. Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed says he thinks it will bring more trust and confidence to the election system.

     
    • CLT  •  3 mths ago
      If they can find the errors, why can't they fix the errors?
      • Ubermensch 3 mths ago
        Corruption
      • Fred Halbert 3 mths ago
        That would cost 20.4 billion dollars............LOL
      • Jason 3 mths ago
        Just because you know an address is inaccurate doesn't mean you know the correct address to fix it with.
    • Rich  •  Troy, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      Death certificates ought to go automatically to certain organizations (social security, medicare, voting precincts, irs, etc.). Whenever a DC is issued, it should be the responsibility of the issuing organization to make this happen. There is a lot of fraud perpetrated on the American public due to this omission.
      • Karen 3 mths ago
        wehy should we be surprised. Dead people receive SS checks. Dead Federal employees receive pension checks why wouldn't dead people be voting. corruption.
      • Rich 3 mths ago
        @Karen: exactly. Should be an easy fix.
      • L.C.by T. 3 mths ago
        Well there's one thing we know for sure, the dead people didn't make this mistake.
    • Consider  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      how can any one oppose voter ID requirements
      • Charles 3 mths ago
        its oppression to our latino voters. citizenship is not a democrat requirement for voting. obama 2012.
      • Horizon 3 mths ago
        Come on Charles that is so stupid!!!!
      • Bright and right 3 mths ago
        Voting when ineligible is a crime. If you can prove someone is committing a crime, do so. We're innocent until proven guilty in this country, and even the guy sleeping under the bridge should be able to exercise his right to vote.
    • bob  •  3 mths ago
      24 Million is a significant number and could clearly swing an election. They act like this isn't a big deal but it sure as he!! is!
      • Karen 3 mths ago
        I wonder who the dead peole vote for?
      • Right1 3 mths ago
        Dead people always vote straight ticket democrat.
      • Mini-Cooper 3 mths ago
        Nowhere does it say the ineligible voted.
    • x  •  3 mths ago
      1 of 8 registrations have errors.
      And 8 of 8 polling centers have errors.
    • Sandria  •  3 mths ago
      In Alabama they make you show your Drivers License and you sign a numbered line on a sheet of paper, then and only then, do they give you a corresponding bar-coded Voter ballot.
      • RobinS 3 mths ago
        Same for Florida.
      • Mini-Cooper 3 mths ago
        What happens if you don't have a driver's license?
      • Michael 3 mths ago
        Mini-Cooper - State ID
    • Lynne  •  Pewaukee, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      There is no mechanism in place to remove voters who have died...how about some coordination in county clerks' offices...they register voters, maintain the voting rolls, and also issue dead certificates...is that so difficult???
    • Time  •  3 mths ago
      All votes should be paper votes. All votes should be counted in public and televised on live TV. Including the recount.
    • Tank  •  3 mths ago
      In Florida you don't have to show any ID at all to register to vote. All they ask is the last 4 digits of your social. Lot's of non citizens have that.
    • PATRICK NEVELS  •  3 mths ago
      1.8 dead people on voter rolls. 1.5 dead people still on social security rolls and getting checks each month. 150 deadheads in congress getting paid for doing nothing.
    • forestgump  •  3 mths ago
      considering last election was 60 million to 50 million.......i say every vote counts....or should i say every legitimate vote should count.....no photo id is begging for trouble...hmmm, why are democrats opposed to that......you need photo id for everything else.
    • Behshahr  •  Miami, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      If you can't prove by photo ID you are a registered, legal voter and a citizen of this country you should be turned away and not allowed to vote....period, end of story.
    • homealone26  •  Stamford, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      We should have the right to recall incompetent elected representative to public office.
    • Tom  •  3 mths ago
      Anyone that doesn't want to vote with an ID s hiding something.
    • Jim  •  Pensacola, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      17 years living and voting in the same place. They automate registration checks in my voting precinct and I almost didn't get to vote the last election because they didn't have my name in the system. What a joke. If the idea is to disenfranchise voters, it's working great!
    • Lynne  •  Pewaukee, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      I've got it all planned...immediately after I die, the first thing I'm going to do is walk on over to the county clerk's office and have them remove my name from the voter registration list!
    • Rich  •  Troy, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      If the voting precincts don't have knowledge of who lives in their precincts, what not evade local taxes? I think these local governments should have a vested interest in getting this right.
    • Paul  •  3 mths ago
      You have to have a photo ID to drive a car or ride a plane, but God forbid having one to vote.
    • Obama's Stash  •  3 mths ago
      All you have to do is visit the front counter of your local board of elections to figure out why voter registration rolls are so inaccurate. You won’t exactly confront a culture of speed and passion for customer service.
    • Dimitri  •  Orleans, Massachusetts  •  3 mths ago
      It matters little who votes. It matters most who counts the votes. - Joe Stalin
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