I believe that this would be an opening for ID theft
in voting.
This is more or less an effort to get people who's ID signature is
already in state image files to allow them copied to the SoS for voter
reg. What ID would be required by the SoS? Likely things that can be
easily derived from other sources.
Here's an example: I have the IDs of people who work for my company.
There's an anarchist and a Jehovah's witness who don't vote. I register
online for them and show a different mailing address. I get their
ballots. (then force them to vote)
Computers are bad like guns are bad. The computers did not steal your
ID, the legislators did that.
Paul Tiger
303.774.6383 Home
720.323.0570 Cell
303.651.7919 Business
www.paultiger.com
A few harmless flakes
working together can unleash an
avalanche of destruction.
Margit Johansson wrote:
Hi All,
As Harvie has pointed out, Gordon's bill "Concerning Online
Voter Registration" is scheduled to come up before the Senate
State...Affairs Committee Wed, Jan 23rd at 1:30, NOT
the 21st, as I wrote earlier.
Margit
PS Apologies if this is a duplicate notice; Harvie sent the
correct schedule to a Colorado Voter list; I don't know who is on
it, plus can't respond to it.
Margit Johansson
On 1/18/08, Margit Johansson <margitjo@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi All,
Gordon's bill "Concerning Online Voter Registration" is
scheduled to come up before the Senate St, Vet and Milt Affairs
Committee Monday, Jan 21st, at 1:30PM. It's "concerning" me. I've
asked some security experts to comment on it, and hope to hear back
before Monday; I'm assuming online registration to be insecure, posing
risks of identity theft and fraud.
Comments?
Margit
Margit Johansson
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Second Regular Session
Sixty-sixth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 08-0334.01 John Hershey
SENATE BILL 08-040
Senate Committees House Committees
State, Veterans & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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CONCERNING ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as
introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be
subsequently
adopted.)
Allows a person who is qualified to vote to
register to vote by
completing an electronic application on the
official web site of the
secretary of state if the person's signature is
stored in digital form in one
of the databases used by the department of revenue
(the databases),
including:
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The state titling and
registration system;
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The driver's license
database;
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The motor vehicle
registration database;
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The motorist insurance
database; and
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Gordon,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
(None),
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The state income tax
information systems.
Directs the secretary of state to make available on
the secretary's official
web site by a specified date an electronic voter
registration form that
includes:
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Questions on the
person's identifying information and
eligibility to register to vote, with places for
the person to
input information and answers;
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A place for the person
to input additional information
necessary to find the person's signature in the
databases and
to assent to the use of the signature for voter
registration
purposes; and
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A self-affirmation
that the person is qualified to register to
vote and that the information entered on the
electronic
application is true.
When a person completes the electronic registration
form, directs the
secretary of state to search for the person's
signature in the databases, and
add the person to the statewide voter registration
list if the signature is
found.
Makes a conforming amendment.
1
Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2
SECTION 1. Part 2 of article 2 of title 1,
Colorado Revised
3 Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
SECTION to
4 read:
5
1-2-202.5. Online
voter registration. (1)
AN ELECTOR MAY
6
REGISTER TO VOTE BY
COMPLETING AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION ON THE
7
OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IF THE ELECTOR' S
8
SIGNATURE IS STORED IN
DIGITAL FORM IN THE DATABASE SYSTEMS USED
9
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
REVENUE AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 42-1-211
10 (1.5) (b), C.R.S.
11 (2) N
O LATER THAN JANUARY
1, 2009, THE SECRETARY OF
STATE
12
SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE
ON THE SECRETARY'S OFFICIAL WEB SITE AN
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ELECTRONIC VOTER
REGISTRATION APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES:
14 (a) (I) T
HE QUESTIONS, "ARE YOU A CITIZEN OF THE
UNITED
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TATES OF AMERICA?", "W ILL YOU BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF
AGE
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ON ELECTION DAY?", AND
"HAVE YOU RESIDED IN COLORADO AND IN THE
3
PRECINCT IN WHICH YOU
INTEND TO REGISTER FOR AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS
4
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO
THE ELECTION?" AND PLACES FOR THE ELECTOR
5
TO INPUT ANSWERS TO
THE QUESTIONS;
6 (II) T
HE STATEMENT, "IF YOU CHECKED
'NO' IN RESPONSE TO
7
EITHER OF THESE
QUESTIONS, DO NOT COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION
.";
8 (b) T
HE QUESTIONS SPECIFIED
IN SECTION 1-2-204 (1) AND
(2)
9
WITH PLACES FOR THE
ELECTOR TO INPUT INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO
10
THE QUESTIONS;
11 (c) A
PLACE FOR THE ELECTOR
TO INPUT ADDITIONAL
12
INFORMATION, AS DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE , NECESSARY
13
TO LOCATE THE ELECTOR'S SIGNATURE IN THE DATABASES USED BY THE
14
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
AND A PLACE FOR THE ELECTOR TO ASSENT TO
15
THE USE OF THE
SIGNATURE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES; AND
16 (d) A
SELF-AFFIRMATION THAT THE ELECTOR IS QUALIFIED TO
17
REGISTER AND THAT THE
INFORMATION ENTERED BY THE ELECTOR ON THE
18
ELECTRONIC APPLICATION
IS TRUE.
19 (3) A
N ELECTOR'S ASSENT ON THE ELECTRONIC APPLICATION TO
20
THE USE OF HIS OR HER
SIGNATURE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES
21
MEETS THE SIGNATURE
REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 1-2-201
(2).
22 (4) W
HEN AN ELECTOR
COMPLETES AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION
23
IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION AND IS QUALIFIED
24
TO REGISTER BASED ON
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE APPLICATION,
25
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SHALL SEARCH FOR THE ELECTOR'S SIGNATURE
26
IN THE SYSTEMS USED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AS AUTHORIZED
27
BY SECTION 1-2-302 (6). IF THE SIGNATURE IS FOUND , THE SECRETARY OF
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STATE SHALL ADD THE
ELECTOR TO THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION
2
LIST MAINTAINED BY THE
SECRETARY PURSUANT TO SECTION 1-2-301 (1).
3 (5) T
HE SECRETARY OF STATE
SHALL NOTIFY AN ELECTOR WHO
4
COMPLETES AN
ELECTRONIC APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
5
SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION WHETHER THE ELECTOR
SUCCESSFULLY
6
REGISTERED TO VOTE.
7
SECTION 2. 42-1-211 (1.5) (a), Colorado Revised
Statutes, is
8 amended to read:
9
42-1-211. Colorado
state titling and registration system.
10 (1.5) (a) In accordance with the requirements of
section 1-2-302 (6.7)
11
SECTION 1-2-302 (6), C.R.S., the department of
revenue and the
12 department of state shall allow for the exchange
of information on
13 residence addresses, signatures, and party
affiliation between the systems
14 used by the department of revenue, the master
list of registered electors
15 maintained by the department of state, and, no
later than January 1, 2006,
16 the computerized statewide voter registration
list created in section
17 1-2-301 (1), C.R.S., for the purpose of updating
information in these
18 systems.
19
SECTION 3. Safety
clause. The general
assembly hereby finds,
20 determines, and declares that this act is
necessary for the immediate
21 preservation of the public peace, health, and
safety.
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