Exposed: Scandal of double voters (68% are Democrats)

nydailynews.com ^ | August 21, 2004 | RUSS BUETTNER

[Diddle E. Squat]

Excellent example of media bias while maintaining a fig leaf of 'we criticize both sides', and a resource for the post-Nov. election fights.

[freddiedavis]

BUMP FOR THE SUPPORT OF SWIFT VETS HERE... http://www.swiftvets.com/

[NautiNurse]

I'm not so sure the voters are the ones to blame in this instance.

Any voter who willfully votes more than once in an election is certainly to blame for their own crime.

[Radix]

Theresa and the bogus war hero could conceivably get dozens or even hundreds of votes under such a scenario where property ownership entitles one to a vote.

OTOH, I think that only tax paying citizens should have a vote. Why should Government free loaders get to vote on issues which effect the purses of working persons?

[RoseofTexas]

You mean to tell me that a person with two addresses can cast their vote on election day and send in an absentee ballot and both votes would count? TELL ME IT AIN'T SOOOOOOO,..... OH GAWD...SOMEBODY GET ME A DRINK...QUICKO!

[Bogey78O]

Should illegal immigrants get to vote?

[Bogey78O]

And what of the electoral college?

[ApplegateRanch]

What of the Electoral College?

How would it be affected, you mean? It wouldn't be any more affected than it already is by people moving, dieing, and being born.

It is still one FEDERAL vote, in a state of legal residency, which presumably, would also be the state-of-record for the census.

The population is always in flux, but reapportionment only occurs every ten years, after the census, so the EC is always slightly out of whack anyway.

If people in these positions either split their vote like we did--wife resident & registered in one state, husband in the other--or switch their legal residency back and forth depending on which issues which year are most important to them, the EC is still out of whack.

Don't think the states involved don't both want tax returns showing ALL income! In our case, we were at least spared part of that by having one residence in a state that does not have a state income tax.

However, property & other taxes applied. So did whacko initiatives by Lefist organizations on everything from anti-guns, to "humane" fishing, to limiting property rights, to legalizing drugs, to 'gay rights'. All of these affect both property values and 'living values'.

Statistically, it would not be enough to matter at the EC level, but would provide fairness at the local level.

[jojodamofo]

Unfortunately, this article only says that they "could" vote twice, not that they do. But I still think it has strong spin potential.

In truth, mostly it is probably stupid seniors and students (lib constitutencies) who don't bother to close out their registration in their original home state.

[Chaguito]

The article ENCOURAGES the practice of double voting by telling how difficult it is to detect (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).

Note the example used is a Republican, signalling Democrats that it's ok to do.

It IS the NY Daily News, after all.

[ridesthemiles]

You got drivers licences for each location?

How about filing your income taxes.? Paying state taxes to all the states you own property in? Car registrations?

[Centurion2000]

Seems to me that as a property owner I should have a voice in each city and each state.

Where you live is where you get your voice. One man, one vote

Anything less will bring back the aristocracy in this country.

[ridesthemiles]

I think "students" have been doing this for years. They vote on absentee out of their parents address, and they vote in the college town where they attend school.

I have bitched about this for over 30 years. I cannot get anyone to listen to me, and I personally knew the Registrar of Voters in my county. Sad. Same old story- "Gee--they wouldn't do that, would they? We don't have the money to chase this." I don't think you should be able to "vote" in the town where you attend school. You are only there for a short time, and are usually NOT a property owner. Voting on local issues that don't impact your pocketbook shouldn't be a priviledge for "students".

[mass55th]

Jeez, 46,000 New Yorkers got the option to vote twice, but many of our military folks never even got the opportunity to do it once.

[cinFLA]

The News' investigation also found: Of the 46,000 registered in both states, 68% are Democrats, 12% are Republicans and 16% didn't claim a party.

Or, "How the democrats almost stole the election"

[EllaMinnow]

Thanks for posting this.

I just e-mailed the original article to the Florida Department of Elections.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Political Junkie Too]

Florida election officials were widely criticized after the 2000 election for instituting policies that resulted in thousands of African-Americans, who tend to vote Democratic, being turned away at the polls.

I thought that 2000 saw the largest African-American turnout in Florida history.

-PJ

[KriegerGeist]

They will be triple votinng this fall and the dead always vote Democrat and vote often.

[Dianna]

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