The tide appears to be turning against this particular form of fraud in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley: Cutting a deal with an adult day care center owner can be one of the most productive vote harvesting operations an unscrupulous political candidate can undertake. This is how it works. The candidate cuts a deal with an adult day care provider and not only gets a campaign worker, or politiquera, to bus dozens of elderly voters to the polls, but also insists that the voters need “assistance” when casting their vote. The politiquera offering the assistance ensures that the voter votes the right way… The operation could have harvested 300-plus votes for a slate of three local candidates, a handy total to have on the first day of early voting. However, Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra stepped in and stopped it.
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Bipartisan “fair and uniform” voting schedule announced by Ohio Secretary of State Husted
From the press release: “Secretary Husted’s directive issued today implements a bipartisan proposal by the Ohio Association of Elections Officials (OAEO) and will give Ohioans the ability to cast an absentee ballot in person over the course of four weeks leading up to Election Day. During the week, boards will be open for voting from 8:00am to 5:00pm, and on the last two Saturdays before the election, from 8:00am to 4:00pm.”
“Missouri House could debate photo voter ID measures”
Missouri House members could consider a proposal that would require voters to show official photo identification at the polls. There are two elements. A constitutional amendment requiring voter approval would allow a photo ID, and a bill would outline the details in state law.
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Impersonation Voter Fraud Fix in the Holy Land: “This Time, the Dead Won’t Vote!”
Trying to regain the confidence of voters in Israel: The Ministry of the Interior has announced special directives to make sure that the fraud and irregularities of last October’s Municipal Elections, will not be repeated at the re-votes taking place in Beit Shemesh and Nazareth. The Jerusalem and Supreme courts ordered new elections in Beit Shemesh and Nazareth, overturning the municipal election result of 20th October 2013, due to “widespread and systematic acts of fraud which was intended to change the election results”.
…the Beit Shemesh electoral lists were so inaccurate and out-of-date, that many non-residents and even dead people were still registered as voters – leaving the door wide open for the voter fraud and scams. Following the last election, residents joked that special arrangements had been made in some balloting stations so that Cohanim had solely voted in the morning, as the dead people were voting in the afternoon
Read more at the Jewish Press.
“Holder becomes an activist attorney general”
So says CNN. Of course, they like that.
“Holder wrong on felon voting rights”
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“Democratic State Senator Indicted on $100,000 Bribery Charges”
Link – Newsmax.
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear voter ID challenge
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YouGov poll: “Majority of Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites support photo ID”
ICYMI, a recent YouGov poll shows that democrats back voter ID laws. The only real opposition is hard core partisan Democrats which is why it gets media attention.
The latest YouGov research shows that support for the measure is not just limited to Republicans. 67% of Americans support voter ID laws, with only 23% opposing them. Despite their party’s opposition to the move, even Democrats widely back voter ID laws, with 60% supporting it. Support is much higher, however, among Republicans, with 89% backing voter ID laws and only 4% opposing them. Significantly, a majority of black voters (59%) also support voter ID laws, despite much of the opposition to voter ID laws centering on the potential negative impact it has on minority voters. Support among Hispanics is even greater, with 65% supporting voter ID laws.
“Only” 29 days of early voting? “Outrageous,” claim Ohio Dems
Ohio Republican Gov. Kasich signs bill ending same-day registration, shortening early voting; Democrat challenger “livid” Kasich signed Senate Bill 238, which eliminates “Golden Week” — when Ohioans could register and vote on the same day — and shortens early voting by a week… Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, who also is the elected Cuyahoga County executive, said he has asked his county law director to review the two new laws for possible legal action. What has Ohio Democrats so “livid”? Claims that common-sense reforms are “outrageous and unnecessary and totally motivated by a desire to make it tougher to vote” sound like out-of-touch campaign rhetoric compared to reality: Under Senate Bill 238, the number of days for Ohioans to vote shrinks from 35 to 29; Republicans say Ohio still will be among the nation’s leaders in number of early-voting days. The bipartisan Ohio Association of Election Officials has said that allowing people to register and vote on the same day makes it difficult to properly validate those voters.
The average early voting period across the 31 states that offer early voting is 19 days. Only 10 states and the District of Columbia currently allow same-day registration.