We previously reported three non-citizens who voted in recent King County elections (see posts here and here)
I queried some recently obtained King County records on cancelled voters. The following individuals had their registrations cancelled for reason "NOT A US CITIZEN" but had managed to vote at least once while registered.
Altaf Faruqui registered in 2002 and was credited with voting in September and November 2004. His registration was cancelled last July.
Rathana Neou registered in Sep. 2004 and was credited with voting in November 2004. His registration was cancelled last October.
Armando Relalado Ruiz registered in 1999 and was credited with voting in November 2004. His registration was cancelled last month.
Maria Strunk registered in Aug. 2004 and was credited with voting in November 2004 and September 2005. Her registration was cancelled last July.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 12, 2007 04:34 PM | Email ThisThe old boys are missing thousands of fraudulent votes.
Posted by: swatter on February 12, 2007 04:16 PMHe will not get my vote next election, but I guess he knows who greases his paycheck...
Posted by: GS on February 12, 2007 04:36 PM
I've been curious about something: How does the government track who is a citizen or not? Is it inferred from other data sources (e.g. birth certificates, I-9 forms, etc.). Is someone in charge of this task? Or is the responsibility left up to each jurisdiction?
I know that corporations (ChoicePoint, Lexis/Nexus formerly Seisent) have the technology, data centers, and massive database aggregation to track every single individual. I saw a demo. It's amazing and frightening.
And I know that the NSA bought one of the Lexis/Nexus solutions for their MATRIX project.
It concerns me that corporations have this capability whereas governments (as in "we the people") don't. It'd be a lot more efficient, plus oversight and opportunity for recourse, if government provided this function.
I know most everyone opposes Real ID. Even the people who like the idea object to the unfunded mandate and impracticality of it.
The way I see it, the cat is already out of the bag. We lost our individual privacy a long time ago. I'd much rather drag these massive people databases out into the open, with the appropriate oversight and protections. It's a position that doesn't make me popular with other progressives. But, the way I see it, people just don't understand what's already being done without their knowledge. Nor do they appreciate the inefficiency (wasteful) of having so many different agencies duplicating the effort.
Cheers, Jason
Posted by: swatter on February 12, 2007 04:16 PM"
Thats true but we can all rest assured as they *seem* to be working hard to get them voting in the next election...