Small Sample of Philly Voter Rolls Reveals Hundreds of Ineligible Names
Reminds me that the largest fraud on the U.S. Treasury was W2 forgery (usually with a return address of a prison). An inmate would file a tax return with a w2 saying Joe’s Garage paid him 40K, withheld 15K, and the U.S. owed him a 10K refund. The government was/is incapable of running the simplest of business processes (in this case double entry bookkeeping). They addressed the w2 problem by conscripting the banks (in the 1987 “secrecy in banking act” – which would have been more appropriately titled “the recording and reporting of your secrets act”).
We could do the same here – perhaps offering to contract with two banks in each geography to certify the voting credentials of those they register to accept votes from. With cross-check, validation and auditing (nothing quite like having competing firms check on each other). I wish that I had as much confidence in today’s polls (no matter how well intentioned the poll watchers and workers) as I do in (the lack of issues I have with) my monthly bank, and even credit card statements.
