[Eric in the Ozarks]

'sbeen done in nursing homes before by the Libs. They gave packs of Marlboros to street people who filled in absentee votes in Minneapolis and Milwaukee in 2000.

[kingu]

Making absentee ballot requests - sure, I can see a party being allowed to do that. But bringing the voting mechanism to the voter and overseeing the vote? There is where I think the line should be drawn.

And whatever happened to the laws that say that you're forbidden from paying someone to vote - or is that only in California? I remember one year when we tried to offer a discount to those who displayed the 'I Voted' sticker and got a hell of a stink from people who objected.