What a mess, I think the feds need to move in and pass some laws to force the states to clean up their act. Also, the early voting thing has gotten completely out of hand. I guess we can thank Bill Clinton/motor voter law for this mess.
How about an Executive Order from the POTUS saying that it is a Federal requirement that everyone must show an ID in order to vote in a National Election. To coin and old Clinton phrase: "Stroke of the pen - law of the land. Kinda cool ain't it."
Wait a minute here! The Reps have been in control and have had FOUR YEARS to fix this crap. Jeb Bush had PLENTY of time to fix it in Florida and Bush had plenty of time to fix it nationwide, if that had been their goal. Apparently, it was a low priority for them. I'm starting to wonder why.
Precinct voting exists because it parcels out the work amoung many sites. It simply moves faster, and the precinct workers tend to remember you from one election to the next.
The Motor Voter law is a disaster. The purpose of the law was twofold:
First, it increases the opportunity for fraud, for reasons John Fund has cited.
Second, it increases the number of stupid and lazy voters. That means more Democrat voters. The premise behind Motor Voter was that there were millions of potential voters out there who were too stupid to realize they could register to vote, or too lazy to go down to the court house and register. The assumption was that those voters would be Democrats, since the stupid and the lazy usually are. So Motor Voter allowed them to register when they renewed their drivers' license. Renewing, or obtaining, a drivers' license is something almost everyone has to do, so Motor Voter allows them to register to vote without suffering the horrendous ordeal of a trip down to the court house.
In addition, the 'Rats added a provision to the bill allowing people to register when they sign up for welfare or food stamps, but they DEFEATED adding a provision allowing people to register when they join the military. Nice, huh?