New U.S. citizen registers without ID
From Ballotpedia
October 30, 2008
Anna Medley recently became a U.S. citizen in a ceremony in Salt Lake City. Immediately following the ceremony, Medley, who grew up in the Soviet Union, went to the Salt Lake County Clerk office to register to vote. It didn't take long before she became concerned over the process.[1]
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No ID required?
Medley said, “I filled out the card and I came up to this girl and she said ‘Thank you’. She turned around to leave and I said, ‘Excuse me miss, don’t you want to check my ID?'" According to Medley the worker looked at the new citizenship certificate only after she offered to show it to her. Medley put the last four digits of her social security number on the registration as required by law, but she points out that she had that number years before getting her citizenship.[1]
State law holds an ID card from an employer or both a utility bill and paycheck can be used for ID as well - all items she also had before becoming a citizen.
Open to fraud
Anna expressed her concern to another employee in the office, saying, “Do you realize how open you are for fraud?”
Gary Herbert, Utah Lt. Governor, says he will look into the issues Anna has raised. He said, “If in fact, we have laws that allow people who are not registered voters, not entitled to vote, and somehow are able to game the system, and vote illegally, then we need to find those loopholes and close them.”[1]
In a recent legislative audit he said there were less than two handfuls of ballots illegally cast, but stressed that there should be no illegal votes getting through.
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