Keeping up with paperwork is a headache these days. Searching for forms, filling out forms and remembering passwords for forms all make me cringe.
Imagine, every time we register to vote in a town or state or federal election, we need to find and take our birth certificate (now, where is that piece of paper?). Oh! It wasn’t updated, so my name doesn’t match anymore!
Or we need to find and take our valid (not expired) passport (140 million citizens don’t have one, and they are expensive). And, if we move, get married, change our name or get a new passport, we need to remember to go to the town office, in person, to be sure their records are updated before we can vote.
Proven instances of voter fraud are scarce; check electionfraud.heritage.org to give you an idea.
What a headache this would be for a problem that doesn’t even exist.
Bridget O’Brian
Harpswell
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