When I went to the polls this morning, I did not need to show id, a voter registration card or anything. I simply filled out a card that stated my address, signed the "book", and stood in line until it was my turn. Using the NC board of elections web site, somebody could have easily looked up my address or anybody else for that matter in my local area and guessed the closest polling place and posed as a registered voter. This is ridiculous! I don't think anybody in that small town of retirees would try to pull of a scheme like this, but in bigger cities where this mistake is being made, there is more likely a chance that it could happen.
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When I went to the polls this morning, I did not need to show id, a voter registration card or anything. I simply filled out a card that stated my address, signed the "book", and stood in line until it was my turn. Using the NC board of elections web site, somebody could have easily looked up my address or anybody else for that matter in my local area and guessed the closest polling place and posed as a registered voter. This is ridiculous! I don't think anybody in that small town of retirees would try to pull of a scheme like this, but in bigger cities where this mistake is being made, there is more likely a chance that it could happen.