Republican Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is suing the Government Accountability Board to check all voter registrations back to Jan. 2006. A discrepancy that would make a voter appear ineligible to vote is mentioned in this Isthmus article: a difference in addresses between the voter registration and the DOT database.

The address on my driver’s license (renewed every, what, 7 years?) isn’t current. It has changed at least 3 or 4 times since I registered with the DOT. So I suppose I could expect to have my vote thrown out with no warning if I don’t go down to the DMV and update it. Is my vote “fraudulent” because of this mismatch?

What about students and other renters that move every year? Is it likely that their DOT address record matches their voter registration?

How do you wipe out large numbers of votes from young people and those that aren’t wealthy enough to own a home? Van Hollen knows.

Van Hollen is also the co-chair of McCain’s campaign in Wisconsin. Do you see a conflict of interest?

EDIT: Go to Voter Public Access to check your voter registration status.