Is this legal? (Voter Registration)

[Al B. Sure!]

someone was registering people to vote on the subway and though I had already registered, I hadn't gotten my registration card yet though it had been some two weeks (it came the next day), so i decided to register again.

the guy told me to write in my name, address, number, and that was about it and he quickly took it and went on to get another person registered. so i asked him what about the other parts especially party affiliation?

"Democrat," he said to which I responded, "No, Republican."

he then crossed out the marking on democrat and then checked Republican. apparently, all the registration cards had Democrat already checked and the registration people do not tell people to check the party affiliation and just snatch away the cards.

is that legal? and is this how the number of registered democrats outnumbers the number of registered republicans?

[Q Classic]

the democrats have a history of honest to goodness voter registration.

no signs of sneaky tricks there, not even the ones working the graveyard shifts.

[MrFun]

Or maybe this guy was posing as someone who registers votes, so he can steal personal information for his own use??

[Atahualpa]

jesus "party affiliation"
that sounds like a very big deal!

good for a laugh though

[Provost Harrison]

Did you give him your house keys as well?

[MikeH]

No, just his credit card details.

[MrFun]

[CerberusIV]

Nice assumption! If you don't know you are a Republican you must be a Democrat.

[Al B. Sure!]

he had hundreds of registration forms and that print out that tells you if people in certain houses are registered or not

[chequita guevara]

I doubt it's legal, but it probably makes little difference, except that maybe your registration card might get lost now. Most states have open primaries, so even if you're a registered Dem, you can vote in the Republican primary, and vice versa.

With motor-voter registration, a little hanky panky like that isn't gonna effect the numbers of registered Dem's v Repugs. What matters at the end is the votes and who counts them.

[MrFun]

oh, ok

[MikeH]

If it's one of those electronic machines built by Republican sponsors with no audit trail you can bet the Republicans will win.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
he had hundreds of registration forms and that print out that tells you if people in certain houses are registered or not

That's perfectly legal.

Something to consider, people who aren't registered are more likely to lean towards the Dums, which is why the Dums are always pushing voter registration while the Repugs are always trying to limit voter registration.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MikeH
If it's one of those electronic machines built by Republican sponsors with no audit trail you can bet the Republicans will win.

Well, I wasn't gonna say that.

[Al B. Sure!]

chegitz:

i know thats legal... what i was trying to say was that he wasn't a con artist stealing personal information because he had those forms and print outs so that means he is one of the Mayor's men.