The McCain recently called a relative of mine, who I’ll call ‘Sam,’ to inform him that they would be sending an absentee ballot request. This is where the story gets interesting — the absentee ballot request arrived and was for Florida rather Colorado, where Sam has lived since 2005.
What the McCain campaign is doing is comparing voter registration data bases in order to come up with previous registration addresses. The absentee request form is essentially an invitation to vote twice.
I’ve considering the possibility that the Florida absentee ballot request form was sent to Sam by mistake, but the problem with that theory is that someone had to locate Sam’s previous registration in Florida and then locate his new address and phone number in order to call and then mail Sam the absentee ballot request in Colorado.
Many voters move and have previous addresses under which they’re registered to vote, but it would illegal to vote at that location if it’s no longer one’s current legal residence. In most cases, the fact that a voter has an out-of-state address would be an indication that he or she has moved. And experienced political operatives know this. Most absentee ballot applications, if mailed to another state, would be to a voter who was ineligible to vote in that state. Therefore, most of out-of-state absentee ballot applications are being sent to voters who, if they were to vote absentee, would be committing voter fraud.
