Political Quotes

“I advocated greater flexibility for purging. But at the same time, I was asking for more controls over mail-in registrations, making sure we had live people voting once, not dead people, not dogs. We came to a compromise in our negotiations that obviously went further than the other side would like on verifying mail-in registration and didn't go as far as I would like on the punching. I will vote with my friend from Connecticut, although I believe and I am quite confident that the Senator from Montana has pointed out some real problems. I hope perhaps we could in conference continue the discussion to make sure we keep the voting lists clean. That is not just a problem for preventing fraud, that is a problem for assuring there is not unnecessary hassle or delay with the people who want to vote. Clean, adequate, statewide registration rolls make it easier to vote and tougher to cheat. I hope we can have further discussions in this area to make sure we provide the best tools possible to the State and local officials while maintaining the basic goals of the Federal legislation.”