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O’Keefe/Moran Still Ripples Across Virginia: Voter ID
The James O’Keefe video of the voterfraudster/thug Pat Moran is still influencing election law policy in the Commonwealth with a key chairman calling for a real voter ID law that uses photo identification.
“Virginia Democrats get a new demographic, the felon vote”
Washington Times It is immoral to reward criminals and automatically give them a voice in the legislative process equal to those who never committed felonies. Confining the right to vote only to nonviolent felons is no answer, either. Thieves and burglars have already demonstrated a tendency toward fraud and deceit. Could voter fraud be their next crime? Republican elected officials must realize that when it comes to election process issues such as felon voting and voter photo identification laws, they are regularly outsmarted by the organized left. Republicans who support their opponents’ election law agenda will gain no friends, at least not friends they should want.”
“. . . Prohibiting felons from voting is also a moral imperative. Those who have shown contempt for criminal laws should have no voice in the process of writing them. Giving felons a say in the legislative process means laws will naturally skew more toward the criminal, to the detriment of the law-abiding citizen.
“AP Gives False and Misleading Information on Voter Fraud Case”
Gary Fineout of the Associated Press posted a story claiming a voter fraud investigation has ended that appears to be awfully shaky. No soures are cited, not even anonymous ones. Breitbart has more.
“True the Vote confirmed with Rhode Island and Florida authorities that the AP staff writer’s claims were premature and ultimately false.”
The big question is why did the Associated Press run with this story when it wasn’t true? Why did Gary Fineout report things that the states later said were innacurate?
Every Single Voter Had Photo ID in SC
We find that every single voter in the Branchville South Carolina special election had voter ID.
The State:
“The state held its first voter ID election last week in the Town of Branchville in Orangeburg County. All of the 205 people who voted in that election had a photo ID, Andino said, and no one requested an exemption. ”
Conference on Mandatory Voter Registration
Mandatory Voter Registration The Threat to Election Integrity of “Universal” Registration Featuring The Honorable Jason Gant Secretary of State, State of South Dakota The Honorable Scott Gessler Secretary of State, State of Colorado The Honorable Brian Kemp Secretary of State, State of Georgia The Honorable Kris Kobach Secretary of State, State of Kansas Hosted by Hans A. von Spakovsky Senior Legal Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation Various advocacy groups argue that our current voter registration system is too complicated and many Americans do not vote because they are unable to register. That is a questionable premise, but their “solution” is even more problematic. They want a federal law that would force all states to use existing government databases to automatically register individuals to vote, even if they do not want to register. Many of the proposals for “universal” registration also include mandating that states allow anyone who is not automatically registered to register and vote on Election Day. One proposal even advocates requiring all individuals to register to vote when filing tax forms. Is there a registration problem or does the need for election integrity justify the minimal burdens of citizens? If there is a problem, is mandatory registration the answer? Would such a system lead to noncitizens being registered or multiple registrations by individuals with property, businesses, residences, and tax filings in more than one state? Is a federal mandate an unconstitutional invasion of the rights of states to determine the qualifications of their voters and is it a violation of the rights of individual Americans? Join us as our panel of four state chief election officials discuss these issues, moderated by a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. The Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium RSVP online | or call (202) 675-1752 Terms and conditions of attendance are posted at heritage.org/Events/terms.cfm All events may be viewed live at heritage.org News media inquiries, call (202) 675-1761
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Ohio Voter Fraud Cases to Be Referred to Prosecutors
“Hamilton County officials are prepared to refer five cases of potential vote fraud in November’s election to prosecutors and have ordered further investigation into about two dozen other voters’ actions that also could result in criminal charges,” including incidents of double voting, cross-state voting, and at least one apparent case of voter impersonation:
“In one, for example, an Avondale woman voted absentee at the Board of Elections office Nov. 1, but her signature also appeared in her precinct’s poll book, indicating an Election Day vote in her name also was cast. The poll book signature, however, does not match her signature on other documents, and the woman denied voting at her precinct polling place.”
SCOTUS Declines to Review Consent Decree Limiting RNC Voter Fraud Prevention
The 1982 Republican National Committee consent decree that “effectively put the national party on the sidelines as concern about voter fraud became more and more pronounced” will stay in effect as is through 2017, as the US Supreme Court has declined an RNC petition to review the case. No change for election integrity proponents outside the RNC, who will continue to lead on “ballot integrity, ballot security or other efforts to prevent or remedy vote fraud,” including “normal poll watching.”
“Votes Behind Bars”
The Boston Review (circ. 40,000) has this piece about problems with the disenfranchisement of prisoners, but consider the source. (Pam Karlan).
Nevada: “Voter ID plan gets mixed reception”
CBS Las Vegas reports that Secretary of State Ross Miller was cheered and booed Friday during a symposium at UNLV, while outlining his voter ID bill. It calls for an electronic voter rolls system, where workers can verify a person’s identity through the DMV’s database. Miller says voters will not be required to bring ID when they go to the polls, but some people question whether it will reduce voter fraud.
Some people question whether it will reduce voter fraud!?! Well duh, it certainly won’t facilitate or increase it. It appears some are even afraid of technology. Or is it something else. Link to the story here.