Posted on 09/16/2004 1:48:17 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A RECENT story that didn't get nearly the attention it deserved was the New York Daily News report that 46,000 registered New York City voters are also registered to vote in Florida. Nearly 1,700 of them have had absentee ballots mailed to their home in the other state, and as many as 1,000 have voted twice in the same election. ...........
It is illegal to register to vote simultaneously in different jurisdictions, but scofflaws have little to worry about. As the Daily News noted, "efforts to prevent people from registering and voting in more than one state rely mostly on the honor system." Those who break the law rarely face prosecution or serious punishment. It's easy -- and painless -- to cheat.
I learned this firsthand in 1996, when I registered my wife's cat as a voter in Cook County, Ill., Norfolk County, Mass., and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and then requested absentee ballots from all three venues. My purpose wasn't to cast illegal multiple votes but to demonstrate how vulnerable to manipulation America's election system has become.
It was a simple scam to pull off. "Under the National Voter Registration Act -- the `Motor Voter Law' -- states are required to accept voter registrations by mail," I wrote at the time. "No longer can citizens be asked to make a trip to town hall or the county office. No longer do they have to provide proof of residence or citizenship. In fact, they don't have to exist. Motor Voter obliges election officials to add to the voter list any name mailed in on a properly filled-out registration form. Anyone so registered can then request an absentee ballot -- by mail, of course. The system is not only open to manipulation, it invites it."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Considering voter fraud is overwhelmingly perpetrated by democrats, he sure left that fact out except for a small section about Dornan losing in 96
If it's not close, they can't cheat.
"Pajama voters"?? Say it ain't so!! :-)
Zot!
This is disturbing news indeed (though it does not come as a suprise). This will be my first national election I will vote in (the CA recall vote being my first). I hope that someday voter fraud will be taken care of, though I feel that we will engineer pigs to fly before then.
The Globe would love it if he gave them an excuse, any excuse, to fire him. They tried it before.
That's laughable.
You're at the wrong site.
Go spew your lies where they're welcome.
And they tried to claim Bush stole the election, HA!
I think the old article listed the percentages, and democrats led the pack by a large margin.
Sixtysomething percent, yeah
Damn! Missed another one! What'd it say?
Poles say Bush has a 6 point lead in Florida now. lets just hope he maintains it and makes it even bigger.
Oh, the usual.
That Jeb is the brother of Bush and governor of Fl.
That they stole the election.
That they kept blacks from voting.
OK, so what freeper action can we take to help prevent this from happening?
Nevermind the fact that not a single black person stepped forward and said before a court of law that they were disenfranchised.
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