Voter Registration Campaign Focuses On Lawrence's Homeless Population (KC Area Votescam Alert!)

Lawrence Journal ^ | 7/12/04 | Dave Ranney

[gopwinsin04]

Bruce Martin, a 52 year old who's been homeless on and off for the past few years admitted he hadn't bothered voting in too many elections.'I don't have an address, man,' he said, sitting crosslegged on the grounds of the Community Drop In Center, 214 W. 10th Street.

'I sleep on the rooftops,' Martin said. 'That makes it kind of hard to register.' Not anymore. With some help, Martin along with about a dozen other transient men and women, registed to vote on Monday.

'They can use the Community Drop In Center address if they want to. It's OK,' said Anne Bracker, a member of the center's board of directors and leader of an impromptu campaign to encourage Lawrence's homeless to vote.

Though she's an active Democrat, Bracker said the campaign was not aimed at promoting one party or candidate over another.

Brad Bryant, elections director at the Kansas Secretary of State's office, confirmed Bracker's interpretation of state election laws.

'There is a provision for people who are homeless--hough the word homeless isn't even used--that says the address has to be specific enough to determine what precinct they are in,' Bryant said.

'Community Drop In Center meets that requirement,' he said.

[Kuksool]

When liberalism grows, homelessness grows. My dad attended the University of Kansas in the 1960's. He told me Lawrence was once a small farming community. Liberals are bent on turning Lawrence along with the whole state into a Marxist cesspool.

[Kuksool]

This is in the same area that liberals like the Mainstream Coalition are planning on attending conservative churches to make sure pastors are promoting Republicans. Well, KS Republicans should send poll watchers at these voter registration drives to make sure these homeless people are actual US citizens. Lawrence also has a growing illegal immigration population.

[cavtrooper21]

This could be easily countered by leaving several bottles of "high octane" cheap booze where these guys can get to them on election day.
Just because they are registered don't mean they will vote.
No voting for them if they are too blasted to find the poll.