Originally Posted by Mutt

i find this insane - only a citizen should be allowed to vote and you should have to prove it, this is 2013, there should be a database of every eligible voter/citizen in the country, when a person shows up and proves he's a citizen and votes, mark them down as having voted.

what the hell, it's in the Constitution isn't it, guaranteeing every citizen the right to vote - it doesn't say 'resident'.