Voters warned about giving personal information when registering

By Victoria Spilabotte

CREATED Aug. 21, 2012

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  • "We are taking a quick poll today if the election were held tomorrow, who would you support Romney or Obama?" one election volunteer said. Video by ktnv.com

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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- "We are taking a quick poll today if the election were held tomorrow, who would you support Romney or Obama?" one election volunteer said.

Outside the DMV office on Flamingo, political volunteers are asking a question some said it's still too early to answer. Romney or Obama?

"I think it's personal," voter Troy Shaw said. "I don't think it matters who you vote for as long as you vote."

It's part of a tactic these volunteers are using to get people registered to vote, but some people are wary of giving out personal information like name, address and phone number.

"Would you give your personal information to these people to register?" Action News asked voter Pamela Conception.

"No?" Conception said. "I don't trust them."

The election's office said what these volunteers are doing isn't illegal, but a warning on the back of the voter registration card suggests the voter turns it in themselves.

"In this day and age I don't think most people would leave the information with a perfect stranger and walk away," registrar of voters, Larry Lomax, said.

Despite the warning, their efforts are working.

"How many people have you signed up today?" Action News asked Obama campaign volunteer Joseph Stripling.

"I've signed up 8 and my shift ends at 1 o'clock," Stripling said. "Yesterday I had fourteen."

"It's no different if I handed my resume to a stranger," voter Anthony Johnson said. "It has my name address and phone number on it and as long as it's not my social security number, bank account I don't care."

Lomax said, if you don't feel comfortable filling out the voter registration card with someone outside the DMV, go inside the office and register to vote.