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Do you have a reliable source with the same information?
That site is almost as bad as Common Dreams.
October Surprise: Goverment Computers To Go Offline During Voter Registration PeakPerfect Timing to assist the state Repugs in disenfranchsing millions and to steal the election.
Like the mortage crisis, yet another act of God!
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By Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
Posted on September 25, 2008, Printed on September 25, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/100392/
A recent alert by the Social Security Administration announces that the agency plans to shut down its databases for maintenance from October 11 through October 13. While this might not sound like an election issue, it turns out that this could significantly impede registration of first-time voters as well as the re-registration of eligible citizens.
Here's why. A 2002 federal law, the Help America Vote Act, requires all states to "coordinate" their voter registration databases with the Social Security database (and state motor vehicle databases) for the purpose of processing new voter registration forms. For the millions of voters who do not have current driver's licenses and register using the last four digits of their Social Security numbers, state election officials are required to try to match their voter registration information against Social Security records. But if the Social Security database is down—as it will be for four days—they won't be able to do that. Across the country, the processing of these voter registration forms will grind to a halt for four days.
Normally, a delay of three days would not have a major impact. But this delay is scheduled to take place three weeks before the November 4 election—a time when election officials in every state will be scampering to try to process the millions of new voter registrations they receive. With only 25 days to process millions of new voter registrations, while doing dozens of other things to prepare for what is shaping up to be the highest turnout election in decades, a loss of three days can spell disaster.
Even without this delay, there are already significant concerns that our overworked and under-resourced election officials will not be able to process all the new voter registrations this year in time for the election. Voter registration numbers are skyrocketing. Election officials are already feeling the strain, and it will only get worse. In every election, there is a huge e in voter registrations in the period right before the voter registration deadline.
Florida, for example, typically receives between 13 and 20% of its new voter registrations in the week before the deadline.
In short, this shutdown is planned for the worst possible time, a time when every minute counts.
If the shutdown goes as planned, it will seriously impair the ability of states to process new voter registrations before the November 4 election. Who would this impact? New voters, as well as people who re-register because they have moved, who do not have state-issued driver's licenses or non-driver's IDs. Those citizens are disproportionately older, African-American, and low-income, studies show.
Fortunately, the solution to this potential disaster is easy: postpone the shutdown until after the election. And next time, look at the calendar before deciding when to turn off a database relied on by millions.
(Editor's note: On Tuesday, September 23rd, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and chairwoman of the Senate committee overseeing elections, wrote to the Social Security Administration, asking the agency to defer its database maintenance until after the November election.)
Do you have a reliable source with the same information?
That site is almost as bad as Common Dreams.
to quote some idiot on here that posted it
"don't look at the source. look at the content"
I did a rare un-ignore of boutons just to see what the he was claiming...October surprises generally deal with one campaigning uncovering/revealing something about the other campaign, but not always.
Key grafs from bouton's rant...
Let me know if the administration balks on the request...Fortunately, the solution to this potential disaster is easy: postpone the shutdown until after the election. And next time, look at the calendar before deciding when to turn off a database relied on by millions.
(Editor's note: On Tuesday, September 23rd, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and chairwoman of the Senate committee overseeing elections, wrote to the Social Security Administration, asking the agency to defer its database maintenance until after the November election.)
The early conspiracy excuse is already being played?
wc, here's another site
http://www.aamva.org/TechServices/SystemAlerts/
Happy now? Repub political operatives in S/S admin are no doubt behind this disenfranchisement tactic.
Why else schedule a 3-day blackout in the peak month of voter registration?
Grimmtons has struck again
thanks Gloomtons.
Because they are idiot ing government bureaucrats?
it's what Pessimistons thrives on.
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