Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Primary Day
I just got back from voting this morning and every time I vote I feel more strongly that we Wisconsin desperately needs voters to show an identification at the polls.
Here's how my experience went. After five minutes of convincing the poll workers that my address was in a different location than where other UWGB students is they ask me for my address and I recite my address as I'm looking at it on the paper. The poll worker then says: "your Tyler?"
So the question I have is what is to stop me from going back later this afternoon with different clothes and vote again as someone else, all I need to know is their street address and their name. I know what is stopping me and that is a higher moral authority and respect for our electoral system, but that is much more than I can say for other people.
Labels: Election 2006
