Because it requires your SSN, and identity theft is bad, m'kay?
From WaPo:
"There appears to be a coordinated and widespread effort in Virginia to commit voter fraud," said Frederick, who added the state party is also in possession of affidavit from someone alleging their social security number was fraudulently used to try to register someone else to vote. "These are just two known and documented examples of known voter fraud, and what we believe to be a widespread problem across Virginia."
Frederick is calling on Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) and Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell (R) to launch an investigation. Frederick is also urging residents to avoid giving their names or social security numbers to canvassers seeking to register voters.
"Identity theft is widespread problem in Virginia," Frederick said. "Today, I am encouraging voters who have filed out any of these voter registration forms to immediately contact their registrars, and Virginians should exercise caution when approached by a stranger who asks them for their information."
Frederick's warning comes as Obama is deploying volunteers across Virginia to try to register 151,000 new voters by the Oct 6 deadline. Various non-profit organizations are also trying to register new voters, especially African-Americans.
"Any voter registration work done by the party will be done with vigorous controls," said Jared Leopold, a spokesman for the Virginia Democratic Party. "Clearly this is a local problem that Jeff Frederick is trying to blow up into a statewide issue. We have real questions about his motivation in doing so. It seems he is trying to scare away people from legally registering to vote...What is Jeff Frederick so afraid of with legally registering new voters?"
Why am I not surprised, and when will the media actually start picking up on the fact that GOP can only win when they raise the spectre of voter fraud that they can never prove, and otherwise rig, steal, or suppress the vote?
This is just getting absolutely ridiculous.
On top of that, Frederick was asked to provide evidence of this widespread fraud...
...and couldn't, as usual.
But when pressed in an interview on his claim that registration fraud had been reported by local election registrars statewide, Frederick would not identify other affected jurisdictions, citing the advice of lawyers.
GOP thugs crying wolf again.
(h/t to Swampland)