Same-day voter registration works in Maine. I am a ballot clerk in Woodstock and we have a system for checks and balances on registration or change-in-address forms on the day of voting. We have done this for years without a problem.
If anything, especially in rural Maine, all people — Democrats, Republicans and independents — need to be encouraged to vote. Making people come an additional time to the town office can be a burden, even more so when people are working and the town offices aren’t open late.
On Election Day, the polls are open for the convenience of a variety of working people’s hours.
I have seen an increase in registrations for certain issues that draw individual’s attention. That is great. The more people who vote, the more representative the government will be, reflecting a higher percentage of the people of Maine.
I support the people’s veto of the bill to ban same-day registration.
Jane Chandler, Woodstock
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Doing the right thing isn't always easy
I feel strongly about providing I.D. for voter registration. I also feels strongly about allowing people who provide I.D. every possible chance to vote, even if that involves registering on the day of the vote. It may be difficult and a logistical nightmare but hey... lets figure it out. Not allowing legal citizens an oppurtunity to vote due to inconvenience just doesn't fly for me.
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"The more people who vote, the more representative the government will be", she writes.
The more people who vote, the more critical the absence of a lifeguard at the gene pool will become, sez the parrot.
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wow! A poll worker in Woodstock where 667 ballots cast, thats about 55 per hour.....why not work Lewiston or waterville for a day and see if you feel the same...
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That Lewiston is incapable of serving it's citizens.
No wonder you left your City Councilors ;position.
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Wow Ron, clearly reading comprehension is a problem for you....so tell me, was it the argument that she's a volunteer poll work versus a town clerk who has to deal with the issues, or was it the fact that the size and number of voters in Lewiston vs Woodstock, or was it the number of students attending college in her community vs Lewiston that confused you so? I'm sure voter registration is less of an issue same day in small liberal enclaves like Woodstock and east Boothbay, but it can be a problem on election day in larger communities...Course 42 other states must be wrong right? I mean what were they thinking with laws that require voter registration before election day....oh and I didn't LEAVE, I just chose not to run for election a second term.
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which you are obviously not aware of. But I have voted in Lewiston, having been a city resident for a number of years.
Your lack of problem solving abilities and initiative is no excuse for abandoning 'Same Day Registration" Good thing you recognized that and left public service.
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Gee Ron, not sure if I should be upset that you resorted to an unfounded personal attACK or happy that for once you chose not to use your normal profanity laced blather....and who said I left? perhaps I just took a break...but hey nice to see you have nothing better to amuse yourself...
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Unfounded personal attack???
You're the one who admits to not being able to serve the Publics' Needs, Robert. Not I.
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Thank you Ms Chandler. Having heard similar stories from several town clerks I continue to wonder where the GOP got the idea that clerks were complaining about being over burdened by the process, and that there was some rampant fraud going on.
Mr Webster, Mr LePage and the rest, just liars, plain and simple. Their agenda does not match that of Maine citizens.
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"The more people who vote, the more representative the government will be"
Exactly. Except there are some (Webster) who would rather not have certain segments of the population vote. If you know your time in power is going to be very short lived, you try to change the rules in your favor.
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Right out of the democrats' book of tricks. "Vote early; vote often".
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