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Originally posted by: Lethe
I think this election will set records for number of first time voters...and by the time the next election rolls around people will be more motivated to "get smart" on the issues. Thats a lot of wishful thinking though.

I think elections will set records for the number of dead voters and Disney characters.

We've already seen here in Ohio that Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy, Michael Jordan and more almost got their voter registration in, thanks to a man being payed off in crack.

::From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 10/19/2004::

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On Monday, sheriff's deputies arrested Chad Staton, 22, of Defiance, who admitted to investigators that he filled out about 130 registration cards, making up the names and addresses. He said he was hired by a Toledo woman to solicit voter registrations.

She gave him a choice of cash or drugs for his work, Westrick said. He chose crack cocaine.

There is also a story about over 1,200 voter registrations being checked in Cleveland. The name Jive Turkey Sr. kind of clued in election officials to the possibility that some have been made up.

Finally, while I have no documented story to back it up (sorry, I've been looking), I keep hearing reports about voter registration in Franklin County Ohio, where they are approximately 20,000 more people registered to vote than people of voting age.
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Hey, what do you know, I found one article:
Republicans, Democrats Trade Accusations of Voter Disenfranchisement
Key Paragraph: "I will tell you what is going on in Ohio that is a concern. If you look at Franklin County, the center of the state, a very important county in the election, there are 815,000 people, according to a census, 18 (years) or older, eligible to vote. There are 845,000 registered voters."