So MJ, what would the criteria be to gain dual-eligibility? Would it just pertain to state-wide elections or local officials too?

 

I used to live in Louisville but work in Elizabethtown. Elizabethtown added an "employment tax" that I have to pay. Would I have been able to vote for E-Town city officials since I work there?

So MJ, what would the criteria be to gain dual-eligibility? Would it just pertain to state-wide elections or local officials too?

 

I used to live in Louisville but work in Elizabethtown. Elizabethtown added an "employment tax" that I have to pay. Would I have been able to vote for E-Town city officials since I work there?

I'm in this boat. Live in Henderson but work in Evansville, In. Pay vanderburgh county payroll tax.

MJ, would you be willing to pay both Ohio and KY state tax?

At face value I'm definitely against this idea. But it is at least intriguing.

To register and vote in multiple states would be voter fraud. The problem we have is that there are currently no safeguards to prevent it.

I'd like to be able to vote in the Southern Indiana local races since my local tax dollars are coming out over here, to be honest.

To register and vote in multiple states would be voter fraud. The problem we have is that there are currently no safeguards to prevent it.

I don't follow. To register to vote in Ohio, one must submit an address of residence within the state. Isn't that a safeguard?

I don't follow. To register to vote in Ohio, one must submit an address of residence within the state. Isn't that a safeguard?

 

What I mean is if you move to OH from KY for example, how does KY know you have moved? They don't have access to OH records to see that you are now registered there and I'm pretty sure OH doesn't confiscate your KY driver's license. So now you have 2 IDs and 2 states to vote in.

Why not vote in KY? (Yes, I know about college.)

 

Ohio, as a whole, is more crucial than Kentucky in the Presidential Election. I'd guess that's why.

 

Colonel Crazy nailed it. I have no worries about Bernie/Hillary winning Kentucky's electoral votes. But if I can do something to make sure whichever one of them (or whoever the Dem candidate ends up being) doesn't get Ohio's electoral votes, I'll do it.

What I mean is if you move to OH from KY for example, how does KY know you have moved? They don't have access to OH records to see that you are now registered there and I'm pretty sure OH doesn't confiscate your KY driver's license. So now you have 2 IDs and 2 states to vote in.

I don't foresee many people in the situation you describe risking a fine, criminal record and even jail time in order to cast an additional single ballot in an adjacent state. Far more risk than reward. I would also think that county clerks are becoming more efficient in keeping voter rosters up to date by using software to cross-check with death notices, property transfers, tax records and such.

 

Voter fraud, to be effective, has to involve scores or hundreds of votes, not a stray double ballot here and there.

Living so close to Cincinnati I would also like to be able to vote in both. The logistics of this would be a nightmare.

I don't foresee many people in the situation you describe risking a fine, criminal record and even jail time in order to cast an additional single ballot in an adjacent state. Far more risk than reward. I would also think that county clerks are becoming more efficient in keeping voter rosters up to date by using software to cross-check with death notices, property transfers, tax records and such.

 

Voter fraud, to be effective, has to involve scores or hundreds of votes, not a stray double ballot here and there.

 

There are currently 6.9 million multiple voters in 28 states according to an article I read earlier.

There are currently 6.9 million multiple voters in 28 states according to an article I read earlier.

The 6.9 million claim comes from Catherine Engelbrecht, one of the leaders of the GOP voter suppression movement.