But, of course, we wouldnÂ’t want folks to have to prove their identity and citizenship in order to register or vote, would we? That might make it even easier to detect fraudulent registrants.

St. Louis Election Board officials say they've discovered at least 1,492 "potentially fraudulent" voter registration cards - including three from dead people and one from a 16-year-old - among the thousands pouring in before today's voter registration deadline for the Nov. 7 election.

City Republican elections director Scott Leiendecker said the board's staff expects to find even more bogus voter-registration applications among the thousands remaining to be processed. The board plans to turn all the questionable cards over to city Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce for investigation and possible prosecution, said board chairman Kimberley Mathis.

The board says all the questionable cards were turned in by one group - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, commonly known as ACORN.

Brian Mellor, the group's election counsel, said that it welcomed any prosecutions of workers who turn in fraudulent cards. "We try very hard to monitor the employees, but there are chances of things slipping through," he said.

My buddy Dan keeps telling me that he is unaware of any history of voter fraud in Missouri – maybe this will stick in his memory next time we talk about requiring the same sort of identification necessary to get a passport or cash a check.

And is anyone else struck by the fact that fficial">once again it is ACORN that is the source of hundreds of fraudulent registration cards? They have a history of this sort of stuff around the nation whenever they run voter registration drives. Think we could get a RICO prosecution over this issue?

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