DA's role in unauthenticated voter registrations

My View of the World jumps on an article in this morning's Journal Sentinel which explains that any registration confirmation cards which the U.S. Postal Service cannot deliver must be delivered to the district attorney for investigation into fraud. This is clearly not occuring, which is important because it is this step that holds potentially fraudulent voters legally accountable for their actions.

The Journal Sentinel called on district attorneys across the state on this issue, and here are just a couple of the responses:

In Marathon County, Wausau doesn't send out the cards. "When they register (at the polls), they are signing something swearing they are who they say they are and are qualified to vote," said Mary Goede, deputy city clerk.

In Richland County, Richland Center does not send out verification cards. And District Attorney Andrew Sharp said sending out verification cards in a rural county would be "silly," because "everyone in the county knows everybody, so that (voter fraud) couldn't happen here."

While neither location has a major metropolitan area, comments such as those are just willful ignorance.