Voter Fraud in California destroyed my Constitutional Right to Vote ! (November 5, 1998)

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Last April, the Carmel Pine Cone, a weekly newspaper in the affluent Northern California community whose most famous mayor was Clint Eastwood, published an expose on California voter fraud.

As part of the front-page report, headlined "Voter Fraud: Simple as 1, 2, 3," the paper registered a fictitious voter, "Sandra L. Klaus."

Under California law, the story explained, registering to vote requires only that individuals give a name and an address and declare that they are eligible to vote. They are then be entered on the rolls and sent a form -- at whatever mailing address they specify, even if it's a post office box in another state or another country -- asking if they would like to vote absentee. If they say yes, a ballot is then sent to that address.

The entire process can be conducted by mail without the voter ever being asked to provide evidence of their true identity. Elections officials make no attempt to verify the eligibility -- or even the existence -- of people submitting voter registration forms.

Nothing much happened as a result of the Pine Cone investigation. A similar series of reports by the Western Journalism Center beginning in 1994 went nowhere either -- even though fake names and non-existent addresses were published. There were no prosecutions, and a probe by Secretary of State Bill Jones' office ended quietly.

Carmel has had many close elections and allegations of voter fraud in Monterey County have been rampant. In early October, 16,000 fraudulent voter registration cards were discovered in Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles Times, the cards -- in many cases bearing the names of people who didn't exist -- were submitted as part of a state-wide voter registration drive conducted by the California Democratic Party.

As a result, "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft became interested in the subject of California voter fraud. His report aired last Sunday on CBS.

As a result of the imminent national publicity, an embarrassed Jones last week asked Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo to prosecute Carmel Pine Cone publishers Kirstie Wilde and Paul Miller for voter fraud. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed in that office. No charges are expected to be filed.

It's not just California, however. Voter fraud is epidemic throughout the country. From Miami to L.A., elections have been won and lost because of illegal voter registration and phony ballot counts. No wonder fewer and fewer people are bothering to vote. What's the point? Elections are being rigged. The fix is in. The sanctity of the American electoral system is not under attack, it is under siege.

Officials like Bill Jones in California are an enigma. If there is one power the secretary of state has in Sacramento, it is the authority to clean up election fraud. Since Bill Jones is a Republican and most of the voter fraud perpetrated in California is on behalf of Democrats, you would think tough action would be a no-brainer. Uh-uh. Jones is content to collect his paycheck, certify that elections in the state are valid and direct a bureaucratic army of paper-pushers.

Once again, here's evidence that we don't have a two-party system in America. We have a one-party system with factions that protect each other and preserve a status quo of official lawlessness.

Dare to expose the corruption and you run the danger of being victimized by that official lawlessness.

America had an election this week. Do we really know what happened? Do we really care? Most people are so caught up in the sham ideological battle between Republicans and Democrats that they are missing a crisis neither political faction is willing or able to solve.

Confidence is so shattered across this country that, on Monday night, when ABCNEWS.com errantly published detailed election results 24 hours early, many intelligent Americans believed all those votes had actually been predetermined in a vast government-media conspiracy.

The solution is not more laws. It's a matter of enforcing those already on the books.

Please Pass Emergency Anti-Vote Fraud Measure Immediately!

Vote fraud threatens the very core of our republic, and it directly threatens our sovereignty

Please send the following message to your Congressmen and Senators:

Please pass, on an expedited basis, emergency legislation to require voters to show ID at all polling places on Election Day.

Vote fraud threatens the very core of our republic, and it directly threatens our sovereignty. There is a significant amount of evidence emerging that evinces a wide-spread plot to engage in massive voter fraud. Thus, Congress must take immediate action to counter this potential menace.

Congress has the express power to dictate the time, place, and manner in which federal elections are held. The congressional power to make or alter time, place, or manner of federal elections extends to the regulation of voter registration. Federal regulation of the electoral processes, including the regulation of federal voter registration, is also consistent with the Tenth Amendment and permissible; although states do have broad discretion to enact and implement registration procedures, states may not transgress the Constitution. It follows that state voter registration and Election Day statutes that are inconsistent with federal voter registration and Election Day mandates are preempted.

As per the Federal Court in Byrd v. Brice, the government may require a voter to furnish proof of identity at the polling place on Election Day. Such a measure would go a long way in protecting citizens’ federal voting rights from fraudulent practices.

Please set to work immediately on enacting emergency legislation to require a valid ID at the polling places on Election Day.

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