Posted on 05/03/2005 7:08:11 AM PDT by areafiftyone
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is actively campaigning for new legislation that she calls the "Count Every Vote Act," promising that the bill "will restore the integrity of our system and strengthen our democracy."
But in an email pitching the measure to supporters, Mrs. Clinton makes no mention of the bill's most controversial provision - eliminating voting restrictions on ex-cons.
"The Count Every Vote Act provides for common sense reforms that will make an immediate difference," the top Democrat promises.
"This bill ensures that every electronic voting machine provides a verified paper ballot for every vote cast; sets uniform standards for provisional ballots; and requires uniform access to voting machines so residents of minority communities will not have to wait hours to cast their ballots while other precincts in the same state are voting in minutes!"
Nowhere in Sen. Clinton's missive, however, does she describe the real impact of the "Count Every Vote Act" - a provision for "felons who have repaid their debt to society" to have their voting franchise restored.
A recent study by Jeff Manza and Marcus Britton of Northwestern University and Christopher Uggen of the University of Minnesota found that 30 percent of felons would vote if Hillary's law was passed. That's 1.4 million new voters.
With 85 percent of felon voters statistically likely to vote Democrat, that could add up to 1.2 million votes to presidential candidate Clinton's tally in 2008.
In a close race, that's more than enough to put her over the top.
"I know the Republican Congressional majority does not want to address this issue," Hillary complains in her email, signaling she knows her bill has no chance of passing.
Seems I missed her position on the State of Washington fraud situation. Do I need to guess?
Another waste of time over a bunch of BS, so the wimpy Republicans will probably go along with it.
I thought that it was in the constitution that if you committed a felony that you gave up your right to vote.
Hopefully someone here can enlighten me on the subject. I always learn something new on FR every day.
she just wants to make sure she and Bubba can continue to vote if all their sleaze is revealed
Oh, goodie. More ammo for 2008.
Some will never learn, IMO.
LOL! Very true.
Yep. Hillary Clinton is wishing for convicted child molestors to be able to vote. For her. And her buddies.
Excuse me, how does giving the voter a piece of paper ensure the vote totals are reported correctly at the end of the day?
Of course, we'll print duplicate copies and leave them lying all over the precinct. Then if our candidate loses we can "find" as many of our votes as we need to and override those nasty, impartial machine counts.
Hillary feels for felons as she should be one herself.
Her Thighness can shove that "common good" up where the sun never shines
BTTT
OOOOooo LA-LA! :)
Hillary feels for felons as she should be one herself.
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Takes one to know one. Get used to three more years of this putrid b****.
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