# More voting Mccainery

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-voting-mccainery/465071>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-voting-mccainery/465071 "2008-09-24T22:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-voting-mccainery/465071/1 "2008-09-24T22:01:54Z")

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From McClatchy Newspapers

[Democrats: GOP clerk discouraging Colorado students from voting](http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080924/pl_mcclatchy/3054256;_ylt=Ar5QhLuOBjw3bKe1UrpRU9is0NUE)

The writing of said article stays in language of accusation, one party to another, and little substansiated fact. However the following passage lends a little weight.

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> Martha Tierney , an attorney for the Colorado Democratic Party , said she obtained emails showing that Balink’s office sent to the Colorado College president’s office a flier to provide students with voter-registration information.
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> The flier stated: “What this means is that if your parents still claim you on their income tax returns, and they file that return in a state other than Colorado , you are not eligible to register to vote or vote in Colorado .”

The article goes on to reference similar report from New York Times about same practice in Virginia, the Michigan Foreclosure list claims, and Ohio’s preventative actions towards vote caging.

With the irregularities of the last two presidential elections some diligence and paranoia are to be expected. My questions is how much is diligence and how much is paranoia?

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**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-voting-mccainery/465071/2 "2008-09-24T22:12:44Z")

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> [@parthenokinesis](#):
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> From McClatchy Newspapers
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> [Democrats: GOP clerk discouraging Colorado students from voting](http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080924/pl_mcclatchy/3054256;_ylt=Ar5QhLuOBjw3bKe1UrpRU9is0NUE)
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> The writing of said article stays in language of accusation, one party to another, and little substansiated fact. However the following passage lends a little weight.
> 
> The article goes on to reference similar report from New York Times about same practice in Virginia, the Michigan Foreclosure list claims, and Ohio’s preventative actions towards vote caging.
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> With the irregularities of the last two presidential elections some diligence and paranoia are to be expected. My questions is how much is diligence and how much is paranoia?

Given that SCOTUS still hasn’t seen fit to let those Florida votes (guarded dutifully by Top Men) be final-hand-counted…

Remember–it’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you.