Voter registration scrutinized for voter fraud

This is a warning for all of the organizations out there conducting voter registration campaigns. In 2004 there were several instances of voter fraud. Most of it was perpetrated by young people thinking they were smarter than the people who set up the rules. The said thing is that a youthful indiscretion like filling in a voter registration form with false information is a federal offense. If you don't want to register voters, get a job at a fast food restaurant, don't think you can beat the system!

Voter Registration Is the New Battleground
By COREY DADE and JOHN D. MCKINNON
August 12, 2008; Page A4

As Barack Obama tries to draw hundreds of thousands of new voters to the polls, Republicans are beginning to scrutinize registrants' eligibility as both sides draw a major battle line over voting rights.

Republicans are moving to examine surges in voter registrations in some states. A Republican lawyers group held a national training session on election law over the weekend that included campaign attorneys for Sen. John McCain and other Republican leaders. One session discussed how party operatives can identify and respond to instances of voter fraud. Read the full story in the Wall Street Journal