Prove you are not a felon. Proving a negative is extremely difficult. What is adequate proof that you have not been convicted? Well, for one, it's a clean record. WilCo should have access to criminal background checks. So, if they checked the databases for criminal convictions, then they should tell the citizen what precisely showed up and provide instructions for running a criminal background check on themselves. The average person won't know how to do this.
Is this a case of the same of similar name? Tell the citizen that. That would entail providing identity information. BTW, we used to have very robust systems where counties did this themselves using publicly available information from multiple sources. They could still do this.
I imagine fees are involved in running a criminal background check on yourself. Is there a wait for the response involved? Would that wait for the criminal record go past 30days before purge? Does the average busy person have time to hassle with this? These are the kinds of bad faith procedural games that are calculated to suppress voting.
I would be interested to see if more of these notices are going to Democratic primary voters than Republican primary voters. Are more of these notices going to voters with Hispanic surnames? Are they going to more Black voters than white voters?
Had to know it was coming. That is why I tell people you have to be prepared and check your voter registration often. With a new inexperienced but partisan Sec of State anything can happen.
I run credit checks on potential tenants and I can also get a criminal check done. It takes seconds to get the answer. But it costs about $50 for the whole package... I don't know how to run just a criminal background check, but surely there IS a way and I would assume it's much less, perhaps free? But again, to your point, Cynthia, vast majority of (certainly Innocent) people have no idea how to access that info.
Perhaps the Democratic Party could put out a primer on how to respond. This could be a huge problem.
Yep - I too was wondering how I would prove I’m not a felon. I have to believe this will hurt Republican voters unless they are only sending these notices to those who voted for Democrats.
Prove you are not a felon. Proving a negative is extremely difficult. What is adequate proof that you have not been convicted? Well, for one, it's a clean record. WilCo should have access to criminal background checks. So, if they checked the databases for criminal convictions, then they should tell the citizen what precisely showed up and provide instructions for running a criminal background check on themselves. The average person won't know how to do this.
Is this a case of the same of similar name? Tell the citizen that. That would entail providing identity information. BTW, we used to have very robust systems where counties did this themselves using publicly available information from multiple sources. They could still do this.
I imagine fees are involved in running a criminal background check on yourself. Is there a wait for the response involved? Would that wait for the criminal record go past 30days before purge? Does the average busy person have time to hassle with this? These are the kinds of bad faith procedural games that are calculated to suppress voting.
I would be interested to see if more of these notices are going to Democratic primary voters than Republican primary voters. Are more of these notices going to voters with Hispanic surnames? Are they going to more Black voters than white voters?
Also is this all over the state?
I’ve asked around to some county parties, I haven’t gotten any solid answers that anything like this is being seen in other countries.
Had to know it was coming. That is why I tell people you have to be prepared and check your voter registration often. With a new inexperienced but partisan Sec of State anything can happen.
I run credit checks on potential tenants and I can also get a criminal check done. It takes seconds to get the answer. But it costs about $50 for the whole package... I don't know how to run just a criminal background check, but surely there IS a way and I would assume it's much less, perhaps free? But again, to your point, Cynthia, vast majority of (certainly Innocent) people have no idea how to access that info.
Perhaps the Democratic Party could put out a primer on how to respond. This could be a huge problem.
How do I prove I’ve never had a felony conviction? They didn’t give me paperwork for that!
As Cynthia said: hard to prove a negative.
We need Mark Elias’ and team on this bullshit
Yep - I too was wondering how I would prove I’m not a felon. I have to believe this will hurt Republican voters unless they are only sending these notices to those who voted for Democrats.
This is as ludicrous as it is outrageous! Thank you, Michelle!!! Shared on bsky some time ago.
This is wild
Also call the Wilco Democratic Party and let them know. We need to keep track on Dems.