More voter registration issues

I see that Caddo Parish is having problems with voter registration. Not from ACORN, but a group called Voting is Power.

This appears to be kind of like a paper denial of service (DOS) attack. In a computer DOS attack, you overwhelm a server with piddling requests for service and legitimate users can't get through.

The fear here in Caddo is: The damage has already been done "What I'm afraid of is a lot of people think they are registered, and that's going to cause problems on election day," says Roberson. That's because many of the applications turned in, even with real names, were incomplete. A big headache that's resulting in thousands of man hours. "It costs money, democracy is very expensive whenever you have to sort through hundreds and even thousands of forms that are either duplicates or completely bogus that costs us time. Ultimately costing the tax payer money.

Here in Louisiana, registering to vote is ridiculously easy. We've got a Motor Voter bill and I've found it simple to register whenever I've had to change address at the DMV.

I think everyone should vote. The democratic process is better served when more people vote. However, when organizations like ACORN, or Voting is Power comes in on the latter days of registration and turns in hundreds or thousands of voter registration cards, it takes time to process those registrations. When a sizeable majority of them are incomplete, bogus, or duplicative, it takes time to sort through the mess and register those people who legitimately need to be registered.

Register to vote, by all means, but don't game the system. That's fraud.