“A Case for Voter ID”

Recent actions taken by states to enhance the integrity of America’s electoral process by requiring voter ID cards, an idea that most Americans support, has caused quite a stir amongst liberals. Author James Boyard once wrote, “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” Wolves don’t play fair, especially up here in Alaska. The other day, a wolf devoured a dog right in front of its owner despite her best efforts to defend it. If we do not demand fair and honest elections, wolves of another kind will one day rule us.

Link to Op-Ed.

Iowa SOS: Fight voter fraud AND encourage voter turnout

Iowans deserve to be able to vote and they deserve to have their vote protected.

Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz rejects the media’s false choice between promoting voter turnout or protecting the integrity of elections:

The fact is we can and must do both.


Every illegal vote negatively affects Iowa’s elections by canceling out your vote. Iowa Code Section 39A.1 states, “It is the intent of the general assembly that offenses with the greatest potential to affect the election process be vigorously prosecuted and strong punishment meted out through the imposition of felony sanctions.”
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The real question, though, is why the Iowa Poll would present this as a false choice. No Iowan would want an eligible voter to be blocked from voting, but at the same time, no Iowan would raise their hand asking to have their vote canceled out by an illegal vote.

There’s no reason you can’t increase voter turnout while still protecting Iowans’ votes, and we have.

Alabama moving ahead to require proof of citizenship when voters register



Alabama says it plans to move ahead with a requirement for potential voters to show concrete proof of citizenship, in the first sign of a wider impact from a court decision on Wednesday ordering a federal elections agency to help Arizona and Kansas enforce their own such requirement…


 


The federal court decision “has given us the confidence that Alabama has strong footing for implementation of the rules regarding proof of citizenship,” Secretary of State Jim Bennett said.

Expect other states to follow suit.


“Holder Fails to Prosecute Vote Fraudster, Sharpton Hugs Her”

Almasi at National Center:


Members of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network share a combination of outrage and disappointment with the Obama Administration over failing to go the distance regarding a bona fide voter fraud case.


Project 21 member Stacy Washington, a local talk radio host in St. Louis, noted:

I wish I could say that the American people should be surprised by fresh evidence of the U.S. Department of Justice’s culture of lawlessness.  Instead, this is par for the course at a Justice Department that seems to operate above the law instead of as an instrument of fair, unbiased and equal application of the law.


Attorney General Holder recently encouraged state attorneys general to refuse to uphold and enforce laws that they don’t like.


Apparently, they don’t like prosecuting voter fraud against individuals that voted in multiplicity for the President.  Duly noted, sirs.  Duly noted.

“Investigating Justice Department Corruption While Giving Thousands to Obama Campaign”

“A key ethics investigator at Eric Holder’s Justice Department has contributed $6,100 to Barack Obama’s election campaign even though she has participated in high profile investigations of political misconduct at the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility. . . .

People like Aubry happily advance the narrative inside the DOJ that Democrats like Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) are pushing on the outside.  The head of OPR is appointed directly by the Attorney General yet many in the media take reports from the unit seriously.  Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, thankfully, did not.”

Link.