California’s Daily Press. Backers of voter identification laws — which pretty much always center on identification cards with a photo of the bearer — are mostly conservatives. Those opposed? Liberals, of course. . . . We agree with the conservatives mostly, but we don’t think their arguments go far enough. When they point out how often photo identification is required for so many activities, they assume everyone knows why this is so. But apparently not everyone does. If you’re attempting to cash a check, say at a super market, it’s a dead solid certainty that you’ll be asked for photo identification before getting approval. Why is that? Because there are a certain number of people fully prepared to commit fraud so they can get the check cashed. The owner of the market is simply trying to cut down on the number of checks he cashes that come back marked “insufficient funds,” inflicting financial losses on his business.”
“Is there widespread voter fraud, here in California or across the country? No. Is there any voter fraud at all? Of course.
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Voter ID: “What’s the Big Deal?”
California’s Daily Press. Backers of voter identification laws — which pretty much always center on identification cards with a photo of the bearer — are mostly conservatives. Those opposed? Liberals, of course. . . . We agree with the conservatives mostly, but we don’t think their arguments go far enough. When they point out how often photo identification is required for so many activities, they assume everyone knows why this is so. But apparently not everyone does. If you’re attempting to cash a check, say at a super market, it’s a dead solid certainty that you’ll be asked for photo identification before getting approval. Why is that? Because there are a certain number of people fully prepared to commit fraud so they can get the check cashed. The owner of the market is simply trying to cut down on the number of checks he cashes that come back marked “insufficient funds,” inflicting financial losses on his business.”
“Is there widespread voter fraud, here in California or across the country? No. Is there any voter fraud at all? Of course.
Election Integrity in Maryland
From American Thinker: “Recognizing that free and fair elections depend upon citizen involvement, Election Integrity Maryland, empowered by True the Vote in Texas, was formed to ensure that voter registration rolls are accurate and in compliance with federal and state election laws, to encourage citizens to be active participants in the electoral process by volunteering to be election judges and poll watchers, and to offer poll watcher training to registered voters.”
Sadly, the ignorant and the ideological will view this has a conspiracy to discourage the vote. To believe this, one facilitates illegality. The law permits, and in some cases encourages, law abiding citizens to help ensure elections are run free and fair. In many cases, opposition to election integrity measures are merely partisan anxieties dressed up in the garb of voting rights. The problem for these people is that most Americans believe in following the law, and as long as the law is on the side of groups like Election Integrity Maryland, 2012 is going to be a very different sort of election in places like Maryland, and around the nation.
Election Integrity in Maryland
From American Thinker: “Recognizing that free and fair elections depend upon citizen involvement, Election Integrity Maryland, empowered by True the Vote in Texas, was formed to ensure that voter registration rolls are accurate and in compliance with federal and state election laws, to encourage citizens to be active participants in the electoral process by volunteering to be election judges and poll watchers, and to offer poll watcher training to registered voters.”
Sadly, the ignorant and the ideological will view this has a conspiracy to discourage the vote. To believe this, one facilitates illegality. The law permits, and in some cases encourages, law abiding citizens to help ensure elections are run free and fair. In many cases, opposition to election integrity measures are merely partisan anxieties dressed up in the garb of voting rights. The problem for these people is that most Americans believe in following the law, and as long as the law is on the side of groups like Election Integrity Maryland, 2012 is going to be a very different sort of election in places like Maryland, and around the nation.
More on Virginia Felons Voting in 2008
Felons should take note. If they vote in states where it is illegal for them to vote, they may be arrested. If they do it in Virginia, they will be arrested. Every felon who voted in 2008 in Virginia is going to be discovered and arrested. Hopefully it sends a message to felons in 2012 that they best not register to vote in November.
The only question is for whom they voted in 2008.
More on Virginia Felons Voting in 2008
Felons should take note. If they vote in states where it is illegal for them to vote, they may be arrested. If they do it in Virginia, they will be arrested. Every felon who voted in 2008 in Virginia is going to be discovered and arrested. Hopefully it sends a message to felons in 2012 that they best not register to vote in November.
The only question is for whom they voted in 2008.
More Voter Fraud Arrests in Virginia
WSLS: “Two more people have been charged with voting fraud offenses following a Virginia State Police investigation of voter registration irregularities from the 2008 general election that so far has yielded 40 arrests statewide. Sheila J. Peterson, 53, was indicted Monday by a Chesterfield County grand jury on one felony count of making a false statement on an election form on Oct. 3, 2008, according to court records. Last week, Michael Anthony Harris, 50, was arrested in Chesterfield on a similar charge for an offense that occurred on Sept. 26, 2008, records show.”
More Voter Fraud Arrests in Virginia
WSLS: “Two more people have been charged with voting fraud offenses following a Virginia State Police investigation of voter registration irregularities from the 2008 general election that so far has yielded 40 arrests statewide. Sheila J. Peterson, 53, was indicted Monday by a Chesterfield County grand jury on one felony count of making a false statement on an election form on Oct. 3, 2008, according to court records. Last week, Michael Anthony Harris, 50, was arrested in Chesterfield on a similar charge for an offense that occurred on Sept. 26, 2008, records show.”
Voter Fraud and the “Failures of the GOP”
From BernardGoldberg.com: “With no insight into the operations and priorities of the Republican National Committee or the Romney campaign, perhaps my fears (bordering on a phobia) that the GOP is not prepared to prevent fraudulent conduct by the Obama campaign are ill-founded. Maybe the republicans are way ahead of me on this issue and my apprehension is needless??? But if not, and we are defeated in the election, loosing key swing states due to voter fraud, the onus is on you, GOP. You knew it was coming and did nothing about it! . . . The entire force of Eric Holder’s Department of Justice has been brought to bear against state voter ID laws. Even in South Carolina where the taxpayers will pay for a photo ID, DOJ is belching its usual disenfranchisement and minority discrimination mantra. And, what happens if fraud is discovered? I urge you research the dismal and illogical ‘findings’ of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) after the 2008 election. Number 2 is a regrettable no. I, again, admit I don’t know what’s going on inside the republican establishment. They may have secured 10,000 lawyers and 500,000 poll watchers. I certainly hope so. But I do know what they haven’t done: stand on the roof and raise hell about the threat to the core of the American political system…the citizens’ expectation of honest and fair elections. The threat of being slimed with absurd charges of racism for desiring honest elections seems to paralyze the GOP. My God, if they aren’t courageous enough to extol honesty as a virtue, on what issue can we expect them to display a little intestinal fortitude?”