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Question: should homeless people be allowed to vote?
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John Dibble
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« on: February 18, 2008, 06:11:11 PM »

Yes, provided they can prove their identity in any of the usual ways. Since they don't have an address, they should be allowed to register their address as their local homeless shelter or some other facility with similar functionality so there's some means of tracking what precinct they will vote in.
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John Dibble
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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2008, 08:04:10 PM »

Wow. I'm the first person to vote "no" after seven people voted yes.

I say no because of the primary residence issue. I don't want people deciding to vote where ever they please, for one. Also, how do you keep track of their registration? As someone who wants to...eh...get into this type of work in the future, I know the burden would be too heavy for poll workers, election board members, etc.

How about Dibble's proposal for residence?

Eh, not a fan. It seems very vulnerable to fraud.

I thought about that as well before posting, but I think the fraud risk entailed is about the same as with identity theft. If someone is going to go through the trouble of registering as someone else to vote, they wouldn't really need to do it at a homeless shelter by the time they have all the credentials they need.
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