Online voter registration? Maybe, but not with Senate Bill 40

Rocky Mountain News editorial

A bedrock principle of democracy is one person, one vote. And the integrity of elections depends in large part on voter records that are accurate and up-to-date, so that only those people eligible to vote are allowed to exercise the franchise.

Unfortunately, a measure is moving forward in the legislature that would undermine the security procedures that protect voter registration records; it would invite mischief or even fraud that would be difficult to detect - and thus difficult to prevent.

Senate Bill 40, which passed an initial committee vote last week, would allow anyone (not necessarily registered voters, Colorado residents or even U.S. citizens) to change voter registration records online at the secretary of state's Web site....

Full editorial:  http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/12/an-invitation-to-fraud/