ACORN registers 105% of the Indianapolis population to vote?

[melensdad]

Voter fraud in Indiana, no wonder Indiana is considered a battleground state instead of being solidly for the GOP? ACORN has been very active in getting people registered!!!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008
Ogden on Politics: Vote Early & Often? -- 105% of Indianapolis Residents Now Registered to Vote

Vote Early & Often? -- 105% of Indianapolis Residents Now Registered to Vote

It's the elephant in the room that Indiana election officials don't talk about. Voter registration numbers in the counties have been growing dramatically far above what is possible given the population. In today's Indianapolis Star, Brendan O'Shaughnessy reports that as of Monday evening 677,401 people in Marion County have registered to vote.

Many reporters covering voter registration stories will take the population of the state/county and then, by doing some math, the reporter dutifully reports that 75% or so of the population is registered in that state are registered. As I noted previously, this approach fails to consider the under 18 year old voters in that county or state who can't be registered to vote. As I reported a month or so ago in my post "No Hoosier Left Unregistered," when you back out the under 18 year old residents, Indiana is near 94% registration levels. And that was with more than a month left in the registration period.

I knew that the numbers would start exceeding 100% at some point and the election officials couldn't keep ignoring the elephant in the room - how do you have more registered voters than people eligible to vote? Well Indianapolis has now reached that point. Let's do the math.

According to STATSIndiana, In 2007, Indianapolis/Marion County had an estimated population of 876,804. Of that number 232,607 were below 18 years of age, for a total of 644,197 people in Marion County/Indianapolis 18 or over and thus eligible to vote. (Indiana allows felons to vote as long as they are not incarcerated).

So we have 644,197 people eligible to be registered in Marion County/Indianapolis, and 677,401 people registered. Congratulations go to Indianapolis for having 105% of its residents registered!

Obviously the effort at eliminating duplicate registrations is not working well. Bloated registration rolls lead to the possibility of election fraud and undermines the confidence in the integrity of the electoral process. This is a situation that needs to be addressed by state and county election officials.

[Rattlesnake46319]

No shock here. After all, a man in Lake County died last November, but mysteriously rose from the dead to register in August.

Remember, Obama didn't just learn community organizing in Chicago, he learned politics too.

[BloodEclipse]

I wonder if the Dallas Cowboys are registered in Indy like they were in Las Vegas.

[AFA1CY]

There is one small problem with this. There are 17 year olds who are registered. As long as they turn 18 by the election they can register (and vote in the primary). Don't know how many this would be but I know of at least one.

[NateIU10]

Originally Posted by AFA1CY

There is one small problem with this. There are 17 year olds who are registered. As long as they turn 18 by the election they can register (and vote in the primary). Don't know how many this would be but I know of at least one.

True, but could that really account for a 5% discrepancy? IDK, 1 month accounting for an entire 5% of Indy population going from 17-18 seems pretty steep. Not impossible, just seems highly improbable to me

[AFA1CY]

Well it depends on how much recruting (registering) is done in the high schools. You figure there are alot of HSers turning 18. I remember back when the earth's crust was still warm, they had registeration drives in the HS.

<----- older than dirt

[NateIU10]

But ~32,210 high school kids who are turning 18 between the deadline and election day (30 days)? Also, this is assuming that 100% of ALL other eligible people ACTUALLY registered, which is also highly unlikely.



ETA:
Wow it's late, the number would be 33,204

[AFA1CY]

Oh, I agree. Just pointing that there are under 18 registered.

(BTW It was real fun trying to get a state ID for a teen that has no school ID, utility bills, etc.)

[NateIU10]

Originally Posted by AFA1CY

Oh, I agree. Just pointing that there are under 18 registered.

(BTW It was real fun trying to get a state ID for a teen that has no school ID, utility bills, etc.)

Shoulda told them you were with ACORN, coulda gotten a couple

[BloodEclipse]

Not just Indiana.
Michelle Malkin » ACORN Watch: When it rains, it pours