Idaho should leave program that searches for signs of voter fraud, lawmaker says

[TexasTowelie]

A Democratic lawmaker says he has nothing against Idaho comparing its voter roll with others across the country to identify people who are registered in, and possibly voting in, multiple states.

What he does have a problem with is using an insecure computer system that could be hacked, and one that misidentifies duplicate voters, causing them to be erroneously kicked off the rolls.

House Minority Leader Mat Erpelding, D-Boise, proposed legislation Friday to end Idaho’s participation in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program run by the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office.

The Idaho Secretary of State’s Office joined the free Crosscheck program in 2014. At least once a year, the state uploads its database of about 800,000 registered voters, including voters’ personal information, to a server in Arkansas. The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office then compares states’ data and puts together a list of possible duplicates.

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article199378604.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Russian hackers could eliminate a lot of voters

by cross pollinating data bases. Registering people in multiple states, in other words.
They could use operatives online, as well as in person, since so many are here already,
or they could just use GOP zealots. They usually find a few.

[spike91nz]

2. Russian hackers

Hell, Kansas Republicans could use it to disenfranchise minority and democrat voters.

[Botany]

3. Cross Check was already used to disenfranchise voters nationwide in 2016

http://www.gregpalast.com/election-stolen-heres/

Starting in 2013 – just as the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act – a coterie of Trump operatives, under the direction of Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, created a system to purge 1.1 million Americans of color from the voter rolls of GOP–controlled states.

The system, called Crosscheck, is detailed in my Rolling Stone report,
“The GOP’s Stealth War on Voters,” 8/24/2016.

Crosscheck in action:
Trump victory margin in Michigan: 13,107
Michigan Crosscheck purge list: 449,922

Trump victory margin in Arizona: 85,257
Arizona Crosscheck purge list: 270,824

Trump victory margin in North Carolina: 177,008
North Carolina Crosscheck purge list: 589,393

[dchill]

4. They are looking for fairies in the garden...

That was a hoax, too.

[GarColga]

5. I don't get this.

When you move to a different state, you don't notify the County Clerk that you are leaving the state and have your voter registration canceled. You just move, and register to vote in your new state, and are eventually dropped from the rolls in your old state. You are now registered to vote in two different states. This is not fraud.

Here in Idaho we have Same Day Registration. If you arrive at the polling place and find you are not registered to vote, you simply fill out a new registration form, show the required ID and proof of address, and are given a ballot. Easy Peasy.