Ann Coulter possibly guilty of a felony

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I'm not sure which of these is funnier:

1. That Ann Coulter would do something this dumb
2. That this is worth five years in prison
3. How Marcos Daniel Jimenez D'Clouet, who may have the most ethnic name ever, is Ann Coulter's lawyer

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It's illegal to vote fifteen minutes down the road, in the same district? Isn't there at least a 'out of area' booth?

Based on the phrasing, it's unclear, but I'm not sure why they'd want her to clarify her registration location unless she is also registered in the wrong precinct.

A precinct is different than a polling place, but are used interchangeably; typically, there are several - even a lot - of precincts per polling place.  Oftentimes, the media switches the two.

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I love how they actually go after a famous individual for something so dumb as this. Snowbirds (yankees) come down here and quite often vote in their home state + Florida and no one is ever prosecuted for it. The respective states just turn their heads the other way.

It may not be fair that non-famous people get away with it, but why should that mean famous people should get off free?

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I assume that, like most elections organisations, they're going based on reports, now.  After all, election workers simply have neither the time nor the resources nor really even the legal reason to go for these voters.

Independent groups do exist in other states; someone should form one in Florida, if it doesn't already exist.

I do think it is harsh (although I absolutely think Coulter would be in favour of it ), but it's still the law.  Coulter certainly knows better, if she did do this.  I can't fathom why she would.

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Like the law says, the exemption is for people who are in spot-light positions (police, politicians, etc).  I could argue that the scab meets that requirement.  Imagine if her home address was listed.  Can you imagine some of the weirdo's that might try to harass her?  Maybe vandalize her personal property?  She has an application in for this reason, and I could see validating it (though it might be fun to see some of the graffiti that someone might do on her front wall or driveway).

I'd imagine that Florida has an option to hide voter registrations in cases where people are harassed/stalked.  I imagine every state does.  It's no excuse to commit voter fraud, though.

Home addresses for famous people are not all that difficult to find out anyway.  Bill Gates' is in the voter database here, as are all the other figures - controversial and otherwise - that I can think of.

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A precinct is different than a polling place, but are used interchangeably; typically, there are several - even a lot - of precincts per polling place.  Oftentimes, the media switches the two.

Not in South Carolina.  The rule here is that each precinct has its own polling place.  Also, no precinct is supposed to have more than 1500 registered voters, so as to keep from having long lines or parking problems.  That last rule sometimes gets honored in the breech, but the State did a rather complete job of splitting oversized precincts up in time for the 2004 election.

I think several Southern states do this.  Some break larger polling places into alphabetical last names, for some reason.  Florida does differentiate, though, at least in larger counties with denser populations - where it makes no sense.

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I heard about this.  ANy updates?

It's a slow process.