ACORN

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

The election commission doesn't collect social security numbers, nor do they require them in any way on election day.

From here

The only time the system was not conducting verification checks with the Social Security Administration was when the administration shut down its process for a two-day maintenance period. This did not prohibit counties from entering data, and when the system came back online the applications were processed and verified accordingly.

Now this only happened at the initial registration, which is presumably done in a non-partisan manner. However, there is nothing to prevent attempts to second guess the official determination.

The suit was one of two that had sought verification of some 200,000 new registrations that had prompted complaints by Democrats that the GOP was trying to disenfranchise voters, report the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Associated Press. The other suit, filed by the Republican Party, failed last week when the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a temporary restraining order on the ground the party likely lacked standing to pursue the case.

If they had found what they interpreted as a discrepancy, would the voter have been contacted before he or she showed up on Nov 4th?