Republican claims of voter fraud are a hoax, a fraud, a fake, a deception; it is nothing but manipulative, propaganda that only the gullible and low information conspiracy-theory fools believe. No one who honestly looks at the information could believe it occurs.
Only people who deeply disrespect the core principles of the founding fathers in creating our Constitution would assault so very dishonestly the premise of one person / one vote. Only Un-American greedy bastards trying to gain power for themselves at any cost would deny legal voters the right to vote, on such a massive scale.
They should be ashamed, but they lack sufficient conscience to manage shame. They're too busy taking corporate money, too interested in being the step-n-fetchits for the rich. The right has sold their integrity, and the big money got a bargain, because they sold it so cheaply.
From TPM: Ahead Of Voter ID Trial, Pennsylvania Admits There’s No In-Person Voter Fraud
Ryan J. ReillyAs the Justice Department investigates Pennsylvania’s voter ID law on the federal level, a coalition of civil rights groups is gearing up for a state trial starting Wednesday examining whether the law is allowable under Pennsylvania’s constitution.
In that case, Pennsylvania might have handed those groups and their clients (including 93-year-old Viviette Applewhite) a bit of an advantage: They’ve formally acknowledged that there’s been no reported in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania and there isn’t likely to be in November.
The state signed a stipulation agreement with lawyers for the plaintiffs which acknowledges there “have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania; and the parties do not have direct personal knowledge of any such investigations or prosecutions in other states.”
Additionally, the agreement states Pennsylvania “will not offer any evidence in this action that in-person voter fraud has in fact occurred in Pennsylvania and elsewhere” or even argue “that in person voter fraud is likely to occur in November 2012 in the absense of the Photo ID law.”
Pennsylvania has said that over 750,000 registered voters do not have ID from the Transportation Department, a problem more concentrated in urban centers like Philadelphia. One top state Republican has claimed the voter ID law would help Mitt Romney win the Keystone state and Democrats have already altered their campaign plans should the law survives legal challenges.
Judge Robert Simpson will hear the case, Applewhite et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., in Harrisburg starting on Wednesday. The ACLU expects the trial to last five to seven days.
Only people who deeply disrespect the core principles of the founding fathers in creating our Constitution would assault so very dishonestly the premise of one person / one vote. Only Un-American greedy bastards trying to gain power for themselves at any cost would deny legal voters the right to vote, on such a massive scale.
They should be ashamed, but they lack sufficient conscience to manage shame. They're too busy taking corporate money, too interested in being the step-n-fetchits for the rich. The right has sold their integrity, and the big money got a bargain, because they sold it so cheaply.
From TPM: Ahead Of Voter ID Trial, Pennsylvania Admits There’s No In-Person Voter Fraud
Ryan J. ReillyAs the Justice Department investigates Pennsylvania’s voter ID law on the federal level, a coalition of civil rights groups is gearing up for a state trial starting Wednesday examining whether the law is allowable under Pennsylvania’s constitution.
In that case, Pennsylvania might have handed those groups and their clients (including 93-year-old Viviette Applewhite) a bit of an advantage: They’ve formally acknowledged that there’s been no reported in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania and there isn’t likely to be in November.
The state signed a stipulation agreement with lawyers for the plaintiffs which acknowledges there “have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania; and the parties do not have direct personal knowledge of any such investigations or prosecutions in other states.”
Additionally, the agreement states Pennsylvania “will not offer any evidence in this action that in-person voter fraud has in fact occurred in Pennsylvania and elsewhere” or even argue “that in person voter fraud is likely to occur in November 2012 in the absense of the Photo ID law.”
Pennsylvania has said that over 750,000 registered voters do not have ID from the Transportation Department, a problem more concentrated in urban centers like Philadelphia. One top state Republican has claimed the voter ID law would help Mitt Romney win the Keystone state and Democrats have already altered their campaign plans should the law survives legal challenges.
Judge Robert Simpson will hear the case, Applewhite et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., in Harrisburg starting on Wednesday. The ACLU expects the trial to last five to seven days.
Help me out here ... what happens if after you show your driver's license, then are given a ballot to vote, and subsequently are determined that you were ineligible to vote, does that mean that the election is invalid ?
ReplyDeleteIf so, does that mean that Wisconsin will need to have another recall election ?
Turns out that during the June 5th special election, votes were accepted and at least one voter is being charged with voter fraud. Turns out, he was a convicted felon and ineligible to vote ... but by showing his driver's license, he complied with their new law ... here's a link to the story ... you may recall that Norm Coleman and John McCain got votes from convicted felons who were subsequently charged. Thus the question is ... does showing a driver's license make any difference ? The follow-up would be : is it worth the taxpayer dollars to fix a system where voter fraud can still occur ?
Wisconsin had problems in Racine also ... and a few other instances ... the point is that there will be voter fraud ... individuals that make mistakes assuming that they were eligible ... but hardly widespread.
Conversely, look at the widespread cases of vote buying in Kentucky ... wanna bet that those voters would have had proper ID and be eligible to vote ... which is the bigger risk ... someone will entice or threaten groups of voters to vote in a particular way, or someone will plot to steal an election ?