Dead people's ballots registered and counted is a huge headline.
Dead people receive forms to register is less so, because I can send a form to anyone, like that dead cat. Registering and getting the ballot submitted is a whole different league.
Sure, because it sounds ridiculous and makes for a great headline. The way these work is there's 3rd party groups that just mass mail tens of thousands or more names off of a giant mailing list. They're just blank forms, so these groups are just shoving them out to get as many people registered as they can. People are freaking out over a name on an envelope, not anything official.
I'm not saying don't be watchful, but having a hair trigger over this stuff without looking at the how and why can backfire.
Yes, and it can still be advantageous to send incorrect applications to people. Think if someone filled it out thinking all is well only to find out too late it was rejected due to bad info. Ultimately the person's fault, but we know it is likely to happen given the large amount of erroneous applications.
If you fill out a ballot application for a dead relative or a pet and it gets rejected, that's on you and I'm not surprised.
If you fill out an application for yourself incorrectly, then you're either an idiot or lying. These things aren't complicated, and erroneous applications don't change that.
Edit: To clarify, the applications are blank forms, it doesn't matter whose name was on the envelope. If someone messes up on it, odds are they'd mess up on a standard voter registration form as well.
Because they're applications.
Dead people's ballots registered and counted is a huge headline.
Dead people receive forms to register is less so, because I can send a form to anyone, like that dead cat. Registering and getting the ballot submitted is a whole different league.
The dead cat got more media attention than all the dead people in Virginia did.
Sure, because it sounds ridiculous and makes for a great headline. The way these work is there's 3rd party groups that just mass mail tens of thousands or more names off of a giant mailing list. They're just blank forms, so these groups are just shoving them out to get as many people registered as they can. People are freaking out over a name on an envelope, not anything official.
I'm not saying don't be watchful, but having a hair trigger over this stuff without looking at the how and why can backfire.
Yes, and it can still be advantageous to send incorrect applications to people. Think if someone filled it out thinking all is well only to find out too late it was rejected due to bad info. Ultimately the person's fault, but we know it is likely to happen given the large amount of erroneous applications.
If you fill out a ballot application for a dead relative or a pet and it gets rejected, that's on you and I'm not surprised.
If you fill out an application for yourself incorrectly, then you're either an idiot or lying. These things aren't complicated, and erroneous applications don't change that.
Edit: To clarify, the applications are blank forms, it doesn't matter whose name was on the envelope. If someone messes up on it, odds are they'd mess up on a standard voter registration form as well.