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Republicans Need to Call Off the Voting Wars—for Their Own Good
The New Republic ^ | October 13, 2014 | Alec MacGillis

Posted on 10/14/2014 9:33:21 AM PDT by centurion316

We are now three weeks to Election Day, which means we are deep into another round of the voting wars—the ceaseless legislative, legal and regulatory battle over which Americans can vote, and when and where and with what paperwork they must do so. Here's a modest proposal: How about we finally call off the fight?

Forget it, you say. There is no way the Republican Party and conservative movement, which have invested so much time and effort in restricting the franchise to serve partisan ends, are going to give up now. But what if there are some good reasons why it might actually be in their interest to do so? Consider:

1. The voting wars are a costly, bureaucratic nightmare.

Conservatives claim to disdain bureaucratic waste and costly litigation—which is exactly what the voting wars have devolved into. Every few days, it seems, brings a new court ruling on a state’s voting laws, often reversing another ruling of just a few days or weeks prior. This back and forth is not just hard to keep track of—it is also causing no end of bureaucratic disarray, which comes at a price to the taxpayer. -SNIP-

2. The absence of voter fraud is becoming impossible to deny.

Liberals and civil libertarians have long argued that the threat of voter fraud cited to justify voter ID laws was wildly overstated, and that the only real effect of such laws would be to reduce voting by racial and ethnic minorities and young people who lacked the necessary identification. But there was just enough empirical haze around the laws, and their central claim was sufficiently intuitive ... for many neutral arbiters to go along with the laws, as did the Supreme Court with its 2008 ruling ... upholding the voter ID requirement in Indiana.

-SNIP-

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ballotstuffing; democratscandals; dnctalkingpoints; elections; howtostealanelection; voterfraud
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To: centurion316
Gosh, that's swell of them to give us such friendly advice. It means we're winning the issue.

The absence of voter fraud is becoming impossible to deny.

The what? It isn't in the least difficult to demonstrate voter fraud. HERE is a story in today's news about an LA Councilman; HERE is a story from 2011 about an NAACP leader sent to prison for no fewer than 10 counts of voter fraud. No wonder the NAACP is against voter ID. Those weren't difficult to find, they were the first two entries on a simple Google search. One would hope a liberal "expert" on the New Republic would be capable of such a highly technical feat. Unless, of course, he's simply lying about it. Gosh, would he do that?

21 posted on 10/14/2014 9:54:51 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: centurion316
Rand Paul says so.

Oh, well if Rand Paul says so...

22 posted on 10/14/2014 9:56:51 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: txhurl
RATS lawfaring their way when other fraud mechanisms are exposed and stopped.

Rats do it, GOPe condone it by ignoring it. The working Tax payers fund both these criminal organizations.

Abandon all hope, Ye who enter here.

23 posted on 10/14/2014 10:01:47 AM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: centurion316
2. The absence of voter fraud is becoming impossible to deny.

HA! What is undeniable is the absence of interest in investigating and procesuting voter fraud.

Election fraud has been going on since there have been elections. The methods are more subtle and high tech these days.

That it exists CANNOT be denied. Except by a 'Rat.


24 posted on 10/14/2014 10:14:24 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The queen is their slave.)
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To: Billthedrill

Give that Al Franken won his Senate seat through voter fraud, this a demonstrable lie.


25 posted on 10/14/2014 10:17:31 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: centurion316

“If you’re not catching flak, you’re not over the target.”


26 posted on 10/14/2014 10:24:01 AM PDT by tpmintx (Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
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To: centurion316
"ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" need to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP !
27 posted on 10/14/2014 10:26:34 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: centurion316

They can’t even manage the charade of “friendly advice” though. By the second paragraph, they have to display their bile:

“There is no way the Republican Party and conservative movement, which have invested so much time and effort in restricting the franchise to serve partisan ends...”

It’s kind of sad that adult, professional writers are filled with such blind hatred that they can’t even manage to refrain from insulting their target audience for one article.


28 posted on 10/14/2014 10:35:16 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: centurion316

Truly moronic article...trouble is it’s just as dishonest as it is moronic!!!


29 posted on 10/14/2014 10:41:26 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Boogieman

Conservatives are not the target audience for this article. They are preaching to the choir, giving their crowd ludicrous little fact bites that can later be claimed to be true. Remember lefties have to be told what to think and they have to be given the arguments that they are meant to be making.


30 posted on 10/14/2014 11:10:46 AM PDT by centurion316
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31 posted on 10/14/2014 11:30:06 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: centurion316
2. The absence of voter fraud is becoming impossible to deny.

I didn't know they would be trying for comedy on that commie blog, but they've succeeded!

32 posted on 10/14/2014 1:50:57 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: centurion316
Liberals and civil libertarians have long argued that the threat of voter fraud cited to justify voter ID laws was wildly overstated, and that the only real effect of such laws would be to reduce voting by racial and ethnic minorities and young people who lacked the necessary identification.

Liberals and "civil libertarians" are liars to the core. Fraud enablement is the only reason to oppose voter ID.

33 posted on 10/14/2014 1:53:30 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

The new republic author is a fool. Do they allow him to send his scrawlings fro his mental hospital room?


34 posted on 10/14/2014 2:19:31 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: centurion316

TL;DR - get the “fringe” to shut up, so the Leftmost RINO candidates can give voters the option of “well, might as well go all the way and vote for the Leftist” or, if they win like Pataki did, garner enough support to slide the Leftist agenda thru with little opposition.


35 posted on 10/14/2014 2:23:01 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (You know what, just do it.)
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To: centurion316

Let the crooked Democrats call off their part in the voting wars.


36 posted on 10/14/2014 2:40:29 PM PDT by expat2
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To: backwoods-engineer

How the hell are we supposed to vote in person, Skipper?

37 posted on 10/14/2014 2:47:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: backwoods-engineer

Well that puts you right there with those that try to keep the military from voting or attempts to make sure their votes do not count.


38 posted on 10/14/2014 2:50:43 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: backwoods-engineer

The voting booth is over that-a-way ... about 5000 miles. If you can't get there to vote ... too dang bad.

39 posted on 10/14/2014 2:51:37 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: backwoods-engineer

Negative, Maverick ... we'll be bingo long before we get back to vote.

40 posted on 10/14/2014 2:55:02 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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