Quote:Federal officers recently intercepted nearly 3,000 fake driver’s licenses and more than 3,100 blank card stocks used to make counterfeit licenses in Kentucky, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The IDs were heading from China to various locations in New York, the federal agency said, adding that the fake driver’s licenses were seized at an Express Consignment Operations hub in Louisville, Ky.

The licenses were for several states, including Florida, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey and Ohio.

Authorities in Louisville notified CBP officers in Memphis since the fake identification cards were also shipped to that area, resulting in an additional 527 counterfeit driver's licenses in Tennessee, officials said.

One of the shipments seized was headed to a convicted child rapist in the New York area, according to CBP, which added that investigators suspect that the individual entices minors with alcohol and fake IDs before engaging in illicit activity. Homeland Security is investigating.

Thomas Mahn, the Louisville Port director, said fake IDs are frequently bought and sold through “dark web” transactions.

“Some of the major concerns as it relates to fraudulent identity documents is identity theft, worksite enforcement, critical infrastructure protection, fraud linked to immigration-related crimes such as human smuggling and human trafficking, and these documents can be used by those individuals associated with terrorism to minimize scrutiny from travel screening measures,” Mahn said.

Quote:Why are the Chinese making so many fake U.S. driver licenses?

That’s a disturbing little tidbit to discover, especially right before an election, right?

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the bulk of these fake U.S. IDs flooding into the country come from China and Hong Kong, with the rest coming in from South Korea and the U.K.

Officials in Chicago just confiscated a shipment of these fake IDs totaling nearly 20 thousand.

(08-07-2020 08:17 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  The technology exists to make relatively cheap ID cards with photos and thumbprints embedded, and to record that information in a database. So make voter registration cards that way. You vote in person, your photo is matched and your thumb prints are taken to verify that it is you. Again he technology is there now. You vote online, you do a thumbprint scan or maybe facial recognition to identify yourself. Most new computers have the technology. For mail, it's a little harder. There is probably some technology that would let you put a thumbprint somewhere on the ballot, and that could be scanned in to verify that it is a legitimate voter before the ballot is scanned. If you try to vote twice, your thumbprint will give away that you have already voted.

States could pay for this, or feds could provide funding to cover it, so it's free to voters.

(08-07-2020 08:25 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(08-07-2020 08:17 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  The technology exists to make relatively cheap ID cards with photos and thumbprints embedded, and to record that information in a database. So make voter registration cards that way. You vote in person, your photo is matched and your thumb prints are taken to verify that it is you. Again he technology is there now. You vote online, you do a thumbprint scan or maybe facial recognition to identify yourself. Most new computers have the technology. For mail, it's a little harder. There is probably some technology that would let you put a thumbprint somewhere on the ballot, and that could be scanned in to verify that it is a legitimate voter before the ballot is scanned. If you try to vote twice, your thumbprint will give away that you have already voted.

States could pay for this, or feds could provide funding to cover it, so it's free to voters.

I have no problem with the thumbprint or facial recognition to obtain a ballot. I have a problem with putting a thumbprint on the ballot because then you lose the privacy of the voting booth.

I really think that what should happen is for the polls to be open for 3 days but you have to vote in person and spreading out the lines allows the distancing and the other forms of personal identification. Absentee ballots need to be limited t the homebound or hospitalized or nursing home set.

Start the voting on a Friday and finish it at 6 PM on Sunday.

(08-07-2020 08:24 PM)chess Wrote:  Illinois? Illinois is not a swing state. The Democrats will win this state.