Posted on 10/31/2014 10:10:38 PM PDT by xuberalles
Democrats never say they are committed to stopping voter fraud, merely that they're dedicated to "everyone" voting. This smug admission tells you everything you need to know, or in other words, nothing you don't already know. The truth is Voter ID doesn't discriminate against or disenfranchise anyone; how can it when everyone is held to same standard of accountability? If you can't even verify your identity, validate and protect the authenticity of your vote, how are you a victim of anything other than your own ignorance and apathy? People have TWO YEARS in-between elections to get a damn ID; yes, the very same pertinence you need to drive a car, file for welfare, cash a check, win the lottery, buy beer, board a plane, adopt a pet, or attend the Democratic National Convention! There are excuses and then there are outright lies. Democrats welcome, invite and encourage fraud because 95% of its existence favors their candidates.
Any party or politician that cannot stand on the merits of their own convictions and record, without the benefit of voter fraud, is inherently wrong for America and therefore a disgrace to the people they claim to serve. Yes, not only is it painfully obvious liberals have little regard for the integrity of our elections, the viability of our democracy, they possess absolutely no concern for the sovereignty of this nation. If you actually believe illegal Latinos and Muslims know what's better for America than everyday, law-abiding citizens who are privy and loyal to our founding ideals, your God-given liberties, then you deserve to live in a socialist cesspool as your rights and property are slowly stripped from your naive grasp. Any movement, party, or politician that zealously courts or engages in voter fraud solely to win an election - albeit through bribery, repetitive or non-citizen voting - is a stain on the soul of those men and women who died to procure and protect our way of life. And if this proposition is even remotely appealing or agreeable to you, by all means, light that match because your stupidity is the kindling for our democracy's inevitable demise.
Here in WA state, ID is a mute issue. We vote 100% by mail!
No one is required to present evidence of citizenship when registering to vote. This voting system is worse than a banana republic voting system.
Ridiculous. Every state should be required to adopt a strict identification protocol. Democrats will exploit it regardless but when states basically legalize their fraudlent behavior we don’t stand a chance!
Time to completely overhaul our election process.
How about something like this.......You are issued a government assigned “card” (similar to a credit card), insert it into a card reader which reads and records YOUR ID number, you are either approved or not, if approved, you cast your ballot. You have voted ONCE with that card. Yes, there needs to be a way to protect from obtaining multiple cards and I have not yet worked that one out.......Anyone have any good ideas? Having multiple cards seems to be the biggest hurdle.
How many of these hypocritical liberals have been proponents of a National ID in the past?
Would make for an interesting interview and article.
“This voting system is worse than a banana republic voting system.”
I have heard this cliché so many times, I have to respond. I live in Honduras, the epitome of a “banana republic”. At least you get to vote, I don’t. I’m an American citizen, and there are rules for expat voting, but they don’t seem to work this year. I followed the new voting laws recently put into effect for citizens abroad, applied to the Department of State for an application register in my home state of Arizona. Citizens living outside the US now have to re-register every year. They said they would send me an application within one month of the election, and that I just need to wait for it to arrive, fill it out, send it by snail mail to the Arizona Secretary of State. Arizona is to send me an application for registration, which I must again send my snail mail within three weeks of the election. They then send me a ballot by email which I fill out and AGAIN send by snail mail, and if it gets there too late, it will not be counted. That is an impossible task, but it is moot because I applied more than six months ago and never heard back from the Department of State. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that I’m registered as a Republican.
The following is a copy of a post I made recently about the “banana republic” voting process. Some of you will remember it:
“Mention was made that the US, because of corruption and voter fraud, is devolving into a “banana republic”. I had the opportunity to go watch my wife, a citizen of Honduras, vote in last year’s presidential election in Tegucigalpa. It was a real eye-opener, and I can only wish the US had such a strict voting process.
Everyone in Honduras is required to vote in the precinct which is indicated on their government issued (free) photo ID card. Every citizen over 18 is required to have an national ID, and everyone with an ID can vote. No one else, and no one is registered as a member of a certain party, merely a citizen. My wife’s precinct is Barrio El Bosque, so she was required to go to the Escuela de 14 de Julio (local elementary school) if she wanted to vote.
When we arrived at the voting place there were hundreds of people milling around the street and a long line was waiting to enter. The entire scene was closely watched over by Army and Policía Nacionál to make sure order was kept. For the most part everything was quite orderly, and people were polite to each other even with the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd. After showing ID, passing the guard and entering the school we went to the main table in the courtyard where they ran her ID through a computer and she was given a little slip of paper that indicated her name, her precinct, her “mesa” (voting area) and “linea” number (her number on the voter registration list). Every citizen is automatically registered to vote, and their name, Id photo and precinct number is on a list posted in that precinct.
The “mesas” in this case are rooms in the school, numbered in order to handle the hundreds of people waiting to vote. Her mesa was number 8586, so after finding the room, there was a list of all registered voters beside the door. She checked her line number with photo, 235, to make sure she is at the right door, the man watching the door checked her ID against the list, and let her in. She went to the table inside the room for a ballot, was checked again for ID and compared it to the info and photo in the registry, was given two ballots, one for president and one for congress, and this time they held her ID while she voted. I was allowed in as a foreign observer, but was not able to go near the voting booth, itself. Voting booths made of cardboard were set up on school tables for privacy, so after voting she deposited her ballots in the appropriate boxes, was given her ID back and we left.
I wanted to take photos but no cameras were allowed anywhere but in the street. No alcohol is sold anywhere in Honduras from Saturday through Monday, the day before and the day after election.
They take voter ID, and potential vote fraud, VERY seriously. All ballots are paper, and all have the candidate’s info and photo. There are eight official parties in Honduras, and the one with the most votes wins. The police and the army watch the voting very closely. One woman was caught with an extra ballot, and was immediately arrested. The Honduras news media, which is quite politically unbiased, indicated that both local and official foreign observers found only three cases of vote fraud in the entire country.
It was certainly an eye-opener for me! If this is the difference between a the US and a Banana Republic, then I’ll take a banana republic election anytime.”
Thank you for an eye opening account about election process in your “banana republic”. You obviously have learned to clean up elections. Democrats in USA do not want elections cleaned up. That is understandable because that keeps them in power. But it is harder to understand why republicans do nothing about it when they are in power on rare occasions. GWB had congress majorities, and did nothing.
No new system is any good without first checking if all those registered to vote are US citizens. Here in WA state no proof of citizenship required to register. A driver’s license is NOT proof of citizenship. Only a birth certificate, or the certificate of naturalized citizenship is.
I think the social security number can serve as ID number but one does not have to be a citizen to acquire social security number. I got mine while on my student visa!
Amen and I agree.
That would be. I’m sure it would expose a lot of hypocrisy on the left.
Your post regarding voting process in Honduras was an eye opener! With your permission, I can post it as a separate thread .
Permission granted
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