Dems champion voting rights, benefit from voting wrongs (like bullies stealing kids lunch money)

"We intend to enforce the fundamental constitutional right of every American to vote to ensure that the Constitution's promise is realized and that, in disputed elections, every vote is counted fully and fairly.' John Kerry, presidential candidate.

"In 2004, Democrats will win the White House back the old- fashioned way by counting every vote.' John Edwards, Democratic vice-presidential nominee

"Every American must be able to exercise his or her basic, nonnegotiable right to vote. This year, Americans deserve an error-free, intimidation-free, voter-disenfranchisement-free, chad-free, butterfly-free election.' Terry McAuliffe, Democratic National Committee chairman

The party of Kerry and Edwards and McAuliffe continues to insinuate that the last presidential election was stolen. Democrats continue to suggest that black and senior voters were disenfranchised.

They continue to promote the fiction that if each and every vote had been counted four years ago, George W. Bush would not be sitting in the Oval Office.

So this time around, Democrats say, they are going to dispatch observers and lawyers to polling places throughout the country "to monitor elections and enforce the law.' In this presidential election, they declare, every ballot cast will be counted.

Well, it's nice to know that Kerry and Edwards and McAuliffe have dedicated themselves this year to protecting the voting rights of poor little minorities, like yours truly, as well as seniors. But I, for one, am not worried about my voting rights being abrogated. I'm far more concerned that the ballot I cast on Election Day will be neutralized by voting wrongs.

For example, a coalition of groups supporting Kerry's candidacy has set up a Web site that urges supporters of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader to vote for Kerry in battleground states in exchange for votes by Kerry supporters for Nader in states where the outcome is not expected to be close.

Groups engaged in this unlawful vote-swapping claimed to have "helped 36,000 voters exchange pledges' in 2000. Those votes could have, conceivably, changed the election outcome in Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin states that Bush lost by fewer than 17,000 votes total.

Then there's the recent revelation that some 46,000 New York City residents are unlawfully registered to vote not only in the Empire State but also in Florida. Of those registered in both states, nearly 70 percent are Democrats.

Nearly 1,700 of those registered in both states requested that absentee ballots be sent to their home in the other state. It appears that many, if not most, voted twice, making the much- contested 2000 Florida presidential election closer than it otherwise would have been.

That is borne out by two other studies, one in Pennsylvania, the other in Rhode Island, which found that patients in dementia clinics actually turned out in higher numbers in proportion to the general population than did voters overall in the last presidential election.

And Democrats continue to troll for votes in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities. For example, in Santa Clara County, Kerry campaign operatives have sued the local Veteran's Affairs medical center for preventing them from signing up dementia patients to vote.

Finally, there's the issue of noncitizen voting. The 11-year- old National Voter Registration Act declared that state driver's license applications "shall serve as an application for voter registration with respect to elections for federal office.'

The so-called "Motor Voter Law' has made it all too easy for noncitizens to add their names to voter rolls in states that do not require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of obtaining a driver's permit.

Indeed, in his just published book, "Stealing Elections,' a former colleague of mine, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund, notes that at least eight of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks were actually able to register to vote in either Virginia or Florida.

Yet, whenever the suggestion is made that, in a nation where some 32 million residents are foreign-born (where as many as one-quarter of the foreign-born are here illegally), people ought to provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote, Democrats cry "intimidation.'

Whenever the proposal is made that people who show up at polls to cast their votes ought to present some form of photo identification, the Democrats shout "racism.' The party of Kerry and Edwards and McAuliffe hasn't had nearly as much to say about voting wrongs as it has about voting rights.

Maybe that's because the Democrats know they stand to benefit most from vote-swapping, double voting, registration of dementia patients, and noncitizen voting.

Joseph Perkins is a columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and can be reached at Joseph.PerkinsUnionTrib.com

A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association identifies yet another area of voting abuse the large numbers of Americans suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia who are allowed to cast ballots, no matter how mentally incapacitated. Workers for a party or a candidate who show up at a nursing home to "assist' with voting can commit "wholesale fraud,' said Stanford University law professor Pamela S. Karlan, an author of the article. That is borne out by two other studies, one in Pennsylvania, the other in Rhode Island, which found that patients in dementia clinics actually turned out in higher numbers in proportion to the general population than did voters overall in the last presidential election. And Democrats continue to troll for votes in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities. For example, in Santa Clara County, Kerry campaign operatives have sued the local Veteran's Affairs medical center for preventing them from signing up dementia patients to vote.

Figures Dim voters would be mentally challenged.

Click the picture & goto "last" for the latest on Vote Fraud:

...and a note from your compiler of links- near the "last" are links about ACORN, Project Vote, PIGRIM, and other far-Left pressure groups who hide under the "activist" label while subverting representative government.

These nasty characters demean and dilute the value of everyone's vote.

The plan, besides their hope of throwing the election to sKerry, is to so thoroughly corrupt the election results that Mr. Bush will either not be taken seriously, or open to impeachment.

You had better take this stuff seriously- it is a dagger aimed at the heart of the Republic.

TEXAS TACKLES VOTER FRAUD

Zero Tolerance Policy on Voter Fraud

Don't Mess With Texas Voters; Don't Mess With Texas Votes

Secretary of State Connor Joins State & Federal Law Enforcement in Election Alert

AUSTIN - Secretary of State Geoff Connor announced Friday that his office is joining with the Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas' four U.S. Attorneys in an effort to insure the integrity of Texas balloting by launching a statewide watch for incidents of voter intimidation or voter fraud on Election Day.

"Voter interest appears to be running at or near an all-time high for this election. We're determined to insure that such enthusiasm is rewarded with a fair and honest Election Day," Connor said.

"To anyone who might be considering engaging in any sort of voter intimidation or voter fraud, our message is simple and clear: Don't mess with Texas voters; don't mess with Texas votes."

Connor announced a Voter Hotline number of 800/ 252-VOTE (8683), which anyone can use to notify the Secretary of State's Office on Election Day about any sign of voter irregularities.

Texas' U.S. Attorneys - Johnny Sutton of the Western District in San Antonio, Matthew Orwig of the Eastern District in Beaumont, Richard Roper of the Northern District in Dallas and Michael Shelby of the Southern District in Houston -- also will be announcing regional hotlines staffed in field offices across the state.

"We have had extensive discussions with these federal and state law enforcement officials, and voters can rest assured that we will vigilantly pursue any cases of voter fraud or voter intimidation," Connor said.

Connor noted that his office has trained more than 400 Election Inspectors, who will be on hand in practically every county in the state, and that DPS and FBI agents will be on call and spread across the state on Election Day, as well.

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