Judge blocks effort to keep Harry Quick from registering to vote
This was probably just as well, as it was an unwieldy and unfocused attempt to solve the problem.
At a hearing Friday before O'Malley, lawyers for the state said such tactics led to fraudulent registration cards with names like Mickey Mouse and Jive Turkey. The changes would prevent those types of scams, state attorney Richard Coglianese said.The problem is not voter registration, but people being paid to register voters. And nobody sane would pad their cash cow with obviously false names. They'd use something sensible...like Harry Quick.
Harry showed up at my address during the 2004 election cycle. I found out about him on November when I went to vote. Fortunately, he hadn't signed to vote, though that means nothing as I tend to vote early. I notified the poll workers at that point. I received several other bits of official mail for Harry, which I sent back with notes attesting to his non-existence. Finally, after I moved, the PO forwarded (which they aren't supposed to do) a jury summons for Harry. I think I finally killed Harry off, or at least convinced somebody that he no longer lives in Cuyahoga Co. In the process, I found out that he was probably my big brother (b. 1953) and that he was (surprise!) a Democrat. (as if I would let a Democrat live under my roof. Well, Rusty claims to be a Democrat, but that's for sentimental not for ideological reasons, union girl from the Valley and all that. And since she's my wife I get to do with her literally what I would metaphorically do to Democrats generally.) The relative non-reponsiveness of the authorities didn't help preserve any faith I had in the electoral system.
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