Baloney detector
It was a scene from "CSI, Capitol" this week when a lawmaker's statement was tested -- and found positive -- for baloney.
Sen. Mark Madsen was arguing that providing proof of citizenship under his SB200 would not be an onerous hurdle disenfranchising wannabe voters.
Madsen pointed out that many people carry cell phone/digital cameras with which they could painlessly photograph identification documents to provide proof of citizenship to election officials.
"This doesn't create the kind of burden you speculate," Madsen said.
One of those election officials, Rozan Mitchell, Salt Lake County assistant elections manager, was in the audience. And she happened to have a digital phone/camera.
In the blink of a electronic flash, Mitchell had the evidence.
She displayed the fuzzy photograph of a document to the Government Operations Committee.
"We couldn't accept that because it wouldn't be legible."
--Glen Warchol
Sen. Mark Madsen was arguing that providing proof of citizenship under his SB200 would not be an onerous hurdle disenfranchising wannabe voters.
Madsen pointed out that many people carry cell phone/digital cameras with which they could painlessly photograph identification documents to provide proof of citizenship to election officials.
"This doesn't create the kind of burden you speculate," Madsen said.
One of those election officials, Rozan Mitchell, Salt Lake County assistant elections manager, was in the audience. And she happened to have a digital phone/camera.
In the blink of a electronic flash, Mitchell had the evidence.
She displayed the fuzzy photograph of a document to the Government Operations Committee.
"We couldn't accept that because it wouldn't be legible."
--Glen Warchol
1 Comments:
Way to go Rozan!
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