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Dems now registering pets and dead people to vote

A new voter registration drive may help Democrats lock down a couple unusual minority voting blocs this year: Dead people and pets.

Every election Republicans complain about diabolical voter fraud, which is almost as rare as the chupacabra, and Democrats complain that GOP efforts to make voters provide documentation discourages participation, disproportionately among minorities (which is true). But it this year Republicans have something real—if small—to groan about.

AP reports that Voter Participation Center, a Democratic-leaning non-profit that aims to increase voter inclusivity, is overstepping its bounds and sending voter registration forms not only to likely voters but also to their dead relatives and pets. And in some cases, their dead pets.

Rosie Charlston received a voter registration form in June with her name and Seattle address already filled out. As AP notes, Rosie was a black lab who died in 1998.

A Virginia man received a pre-populated voter registration form for his dog Mozart, “while a woman in the state got forms for her cat, Scampers.”

Voter Participation Center says it gets its voter data from “commercially collected information” so that some inaccuracies are inevitable and that voters will simply throw away registration forms made out to their pets or dead loved ones. But states pushing for stricter documentation at voting stations claim the registration forms could lead to fraudulent enrollment and double votes.

The group says despite a small subset of inaccurate registrations it does “increase participation among minorities, unmarried women and people under the age of 30.”

My question: what kind of “commercially collected information” contains a pet’s address? Where’s this group getting their information from, Petco?

  1. July 13, 2012 at 10:25 pm, Mainsheet Meric said:

    The GOP registers brain dead rednecks. What's the difference?

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    • July 13, 2012 at 11:58 pm, Ken Girard said:

      On a regular basis I sign my pets, and my sisters and friends pets, up for all those stuid contest, because it is funny when they send me a notice saying that the dog has won a free gym membership.
      And some times, we get calls from people who want to speak to the pets. Sometimes that is for surveys. I try to channel the animal while answering the questions. But not once have I tried to take my dog down to vote.

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  2. July 20, 2012 at 9:04 pm, Bill Healy said:

    cats and dogs are smarter than republican rednecks.

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  3. July 25, 2012 at 10:07 am, Dems Registering Deceased, Children and Family Pets | Wis U.P. North said:

    [...] Dems now registering pets and dead people to vote (deathandtaxesmag.com) [...]

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  4. August 18, 2012 at 7:29 pm, Rick Stevens said:

    Wonder why we need voter ID laws?

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  5. September 05, 2012 at 12:48 pm, Kenneth L. Collett said:

    When I see statements like the one below by Bill, (cats and dogs are smarter than republican rednecks) That tells me that somehow his pets will be voting Democrat this year.

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