Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Will You Answer What Congress Won’t? The Top 20 Questions pt 8

Back in late 2004 and early 2005, I sent emails, faxes, and letters to every member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. In it, I asked them for their answer to a set of twenty questions which the readers of Polipundit wanted asked. The text of the letter was posted here.

52 Readers in 38 states joined the effort, asking their district Representatives and Senators to answer the questions. Response from our elected Representatives and Senators was poor, predictably so. Most Congressmen and Senators simply ignored the letters, emails and faxes. In the end, only seventeen answered with any degree of substance, and not one answered more than two questions.

I was looking at the set of questions this week, and you know, they still look like good questions to me, so I am going to ask you for your opinion on them. This will take a while, since I am putting up one question for each post, but please give this your serious consideration. And folks, this is not about politics or smacking down the other side; this is an opportunity to explore the issues of substance for our country. Sad that Congress was not up to it, but maybe we can get the conversation going. Thanks in advance.


8. What will you do to ensure the integrity of the voting system?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We need to require a photo ID for voting. It can be offered without cost for the poor if necessary so there is no claim that voters are being disinfranchised. There should be some way to check on addresses and duplicate voting also. That won't be cheap but it is important.

Anonymous said...

Only citizens with no criminal record may vote. In order to register to vote, you must provide proof of citizenship and that proof must be independently verified.

That means, if you try to register at the last minute, you will be denied and must wait until the next election.

Fraud of any kind will result in mandatory imprisonment.