Dead Goldfish Offered The Vote In Illinois

Election officials in northern Chicago want to know why voter registration material was sent to Princess, a dead goldfish. "I am just stunned at the level of people compromising the integrity of the voting process," said Lake County Clerk Willard Helander, a Republican, who said she has spotted problems with nearly 1,000 voter registrations this year. Beth Nudelman, who owned Princess, said the fish may have got on a mailing list because the family once filled in her name when they got a second phone line for a computer. When will we recognize a goldfish's right to vote?

Comments

Bad registration doesn't matter

[JoshuaZ]

Even if the fish had been registered it wouldn't matter. Voter registration fraud or voter registration errors aren't an issue unless actual voting fraud occurs which is much more difficult. None of the erroneously registered or requested to register individuals are going to actually vote.

Re:Bad registration doesn't matter

[Dave Walker]

Guess you missed the part where volunteer poll workers used "leftover" voter registrations at the end of the night to make up for the lack of legitimate votes in both Gary, Indiana and St. Louis, Missouri.

Voter registration fraud or voter registration errors aren't an issue unless actual voting fraud occurs which is much more difficult. I'm guessing you meant more difficult to prove.

Oops, guess you missed this too:

(Albuquerque, NM) - Public records released in New Mexico today confirm that fraudulent voter registrations are in fact turning into fraudulent votes. ACORN, currently under investigation by the FBI, is now confirmed to be responsible for producing fraudulent voter registrations and illegal votes in New Mexico. An inspection of public records has revealed that illegal votes were cast in New Mexico's 2008 primary election.

What color is the sky on your planet?
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"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." -- Benjamin Franklin

And "Willard" Hellander is female?

[ROU Nuisance Value]

I'd say somebody in the Lake Country Republican party has: 1. Gender confusion 2. A need to have voter registration fraud vs. voter fraud explained to her/him/it. 3. The expectation of a really interesting experience on the day Princess the Goldfish shows up and requests a ballot. Don't you think this Republican meme has passed its sell-by date?

Re:Voter suppresion at work

[Detritus]

I've overheard people bragging about voting twice while I was standing in line for the polls. It's easy to do and rarely investigated or prosecuted. The integrity of the process is largely base upon the honor system.

Are you kidding?

[mcgrew]

This is Illinois, where' we're so patriotic even being dead doesn't keep us from voting! Being nonhuman doesn't keep us from voting!

VOTE EARLY! VOTE OFTEN!

Illinois is home to Al Capone and Richard Daily.

The last Democrat to be defeated by a Republican went to prison. The last Republican to be defeated by a Democrat is in prison right now. And our present Governor, a Democrat, will likely go to prison himself, as the Feds are scrutinizing him in the Rezco case.

Both Federal Senators are Democrats. The Governor is a Democrat. The state legislature is mostly Democrat. Obama is from Illinois. Guess who's going to win Illinois by a landslide, dead goldfish or no?

Re:The Obama Campaign

[Anonymous Coward]

Unfortunately, by the metric being used by Palin's supporters, the guy running the tailor shop down the street has more executive experience than all four folks involved in the race.

I have some more dead animules

[fortapocalypse]

Son, get your shovel. Let's go dig up some votes!

Re:The Obama Campaign

[Neoprofin]

Since when are they trying to secede?

I was just up there during their celebration of 50 years of statehood, people seemed pretty excited about it.

Re:The Obama Campaign

[MaskedSlacker]

As someone who works campaigns for a living now, I can tell you that trying to get off the lists is nigh impossible. Unless you tell them you will be voting against them. Those are the only ones who stopped getting called. Even then, that doesn't always work.

Re:The Obama Campaign

[tbannist]

Even worse, Bush had more "executive experience" when he was elected than all 4 candidates this time around, and I think we all know how that turned out...