OT: Get out there and vote!

[Max Blanco]

On 12 Nov 2003, Tim Writer wrote:

> > http://www.toronto.ca/vote2003/faq.htm#who
> 
> Interesting.  I assumed you didn't need to be a citizen because, even though
> I've yet to find my way onto the municipal voting list, I've never been asked
> for proof of citizenship.  For example, on Monday I just showed them my
> driver's licence.  Also, the form they ask you to sign, certifying the
> information you've given is correct, etc., doesn't say anything about
> citizenship.
>
> While I realize it's important to make the voting process as easy as
> possible, the current systems seems a bit too open to abuse.

I am much more afraid of systematic abuses, such as might happen with
(computational and other) machinery: i.e. electoral fraud by people in 
high places taking advantage of the uninitiated.

If the system has worked for 125 years as it is (no proof of citizenship, 
etc.) I am just as likely to leave it be.

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