First, reform voter registration
May 22, 2009
If the Great Election Recount of 2008-09 has proven anything, it is that the very legitimacy of our democracy rests on the integrity of our voting system.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty had an opportunity to sign into law several crucial election improvements that would have eliminated many of the sources of error and confusion we’ve witnessed in the U.S. Senate election recount. Yet the governor chose on Thursday to veto House File 1053, which would have authorized a critical improvement in our voter registration system.
Modernizing
and automating voter registration is crucial. A national survey last
fall found that more election problems resulted from voter registration
mistakes than from any other cause.
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