Registered here, registered there...
A gracious tip of the hat to John Combest for this gem:
It seems Kansas City Star Publisher Mark Zieman likes registering to vote so much he just can’t stop himself.
According to the sources below, Zieman is registered to vote twice, once on each side of the state line. Zieman and his wife, “syndicated” columnist Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, are registered to vote from their Kansas City home in Ward 8, Precinct 8. There the voter rolls list Zieman as “Gregory M. Zieman”. But Mark Zieman is also registered to vote in Overland Park, Kansas. There he is registered in OP-5-4 at an address where his daughter is also listed. Zieman is listed there as G. Mark Zieman.
It remains to be seen if Zieman will actually try to vote in both places. Even if he doesn’t, the deception in having two registrations, with two different names, in two different states raises a serious question about Zieman’s character. Even worse, Zieman seems to have avoided answering questions about the dual registrations.
The Source calls on Zieman to acknowledge and explain this issue to Kansas City Star readers at the earliest opportunity.
Details here:
http://www.electionjournal.org/2008/11/04/double-voting-in-the-kansas-cities/
The election law violation occurs when the person votes twice. Does 'The Source' have any intention of doing follow-up research and a story telling us these people actually voted in both locations? I doubt it!
Posted by: Military Member | November 06, 2008 at 09:03 AM
The intent of the original article was to encourange the Star to ask for reform on how voter registration lists are maintained:
http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2008/11/03/kansas-city-star-publisher-registered-to-vote-in-two-states/
The "fault" in this likely is not Zieman's but rather the Kansas City election board that likely failed to inform Johnson County, KS about Zieman's new registration.
The followup to check of voter history will be done, but not likely for several months. The cost of voter registration data in Missouri is $127 while it's $200 in Kansas.
Posted by: E. F. Glynn | November 06, 2008 at 10:26 AM
A personality profile of this person predicts the basically devious nature.
Posted by: J. B. Wolfson | November 06, 2008 at 05:10 PM