An unknown fraction of about 1,500 people were sent someone else's voter information due to a clerical error at the Cook County Clerk's office. The Clerk's office says the info is incomplete and harmless.Well, I am just shocked.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Cook County Mails Voter Registration Information to Wrong Addresses
According to the Evanston Patch:
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
On Actually Voting in Illnois
I grew up in Wisconsin, where it is very easy to vote. You show up at the polls with some proof of your address, and you vote. Then I moved to Minnesota, where it was much the same.
Now I live in Illinois. It's harder to vote here. You have to register in advance. And, as my wife found out today, your registration can be rendered "inactive" by some bureaucrat without notice. If you show up to the local polling place with this "inactive" registration, you will be turned away. [BUT SEE UPDATE.]
Here's the story, set forth in emails between me and the Cook County clerk's office.
Now I live in Illinois. It's harder to vote here. You have to register in advance. And, as my wife found out today, your registration can be rendered "inactive" by some bureaucrat without notice. If you show up to the local polling place with this "inactive" registration, you will be turned away. [BUT SEE UPDATE.]
Here's the story, set forth in emails between me and the Cook County clerk's office.
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