Posted on 11/05/2007 8:35:51 AM PST by Trueblackman
Anti-Photo ID Legislation Would Promote Election Fraud, Says Group
For Release: November 5, 2007 Contact: David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 x11 or dalmasi@nationalcenter.org
Washington, D.C. - Legislation introduced by Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) to prohibit photo ID requirements for voting in federal elections would promote election fraud, say members of the black leadership network Project 21.
"Representative Ellison's proposal is fundamentally flawed and potentially harmful to the integrity of our democratic process," said Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie. "Why invite that which can only lead to unimaginable fraud and corruption?"
Imposing existing Minnesota election law on a national scale, the "Voter Access Protection Act of 2007" (H.R. 4026) would ban the use of photo ID for voter verification in federal elections. Rep. Ellison calls photo ID requirements "burdensome" and liken them to a "modern-day poll tax." He further charges that the Bush Administrations enforcement of voting rights issues effectively promotes "voter suppression of minorities, seniors and young people."
"The Ellison bill will do nothing more than encourage situations in which legitimate minority, elderly and poor voters - among others - will be disfranchised by non-citizens and corrupt political activists," said Project 21 member Kevin Martin. "Americans are already required to present photo ID for things such as banking and travel. I must show a photo ID if I want to try to talk to Representative Ellison about his bill in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, but I presently do not need to show any identification to vote for him back in Minnesota. To compare voter security precautions to a poll tax is reprehensible."
Project 21 members suggest that voting rights groups - many of which accept taxpayer funds - offer services to ensure those currently without valid ID can obtain them.
"Photo ID is not the problem. Photo ID is the solution," added Project 21's Massie. "The rational and responsible response to complaints about a photo ID requirement is to help those who absolutely cannot get identification without assistance. If groups such as ACORN can afford to conduct voter registration and voter education and transport people to the polls on Election Day, they should certainly be able to transport and subsidize the cost of IDs for those who need them as well. If they cannot undertake this pro-active action when they can afford to lobby and litigate against photo ID requirements, they reveal their concerns are disingenuous."
Project 21, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research, has been a leading voice of the African-American community since 1992. For more information, contact David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 x11 or dalmasi@nationalcenter.org, or visit Project 21's website at www.project21.org/P21Index.html.
Imagine that.
A Muslim trying to undermine the electoral process in America.
Awesome
I find it interesting when they say some people can not get a photo ID. Both my kids have state issued picture IDs when they were 14! Easy as pie.
I find it interesting when they say some people can not get a photo ID.....
but they could manage to get drivers licenses in ny (with photos) ~ no problemas!!!!
no photo IDS ~ another attempt by lib/dems to maintain voter fraud in the US!!!
He's nuts.
I'm ready to vote early and often, and particularly right as the polls close.
I really like the Rev. Peterson.
Thanks for keeping an eye out for these type of things that undermine America. Keep up the watch.
[Mr] T
Yeah........they do well enough without it. The ONLY way to restore integrity to the elections is to have a picture ID, before you can cast a vote. Anyone who opposes that is one who wants to have people voting in America that have no right to! I want our elections to be held without fraud! I'm tired of dead people, dogs, and illeglas voting in our elections.
He's nuts.
I'm ready to vote early and often, and particularly right as the polls close.
If widespread Republican voter fraud was uncovered, I would be willing to bet that the Democrats would still block any meaningful reform.
The photo ID requirement is difficult for the dead and illegal aliens. That is why they object.
One of our very own making news.
WE are far smarter. There would be no Democrats left to oppose anything.
BTTT!
He further charges that the Bush Administrations enforcement of voting rights issues effectively promotes "voter suppression of minorities, seniors and young people."
But Democrats will be against it in mass. Entire cemeteries full of loyal Democrat voters will be disenfranchised.
You expose the left’s real agenda when you tell them that you’ll make sure that everyone who wants an ID that they can use to vote will get one at no cost. They’ll shift to some other excuse.
The left vehemently opposes ANY effort to validate a voter because they obviously use vote fraud to win elections.
The “disenfranchisement” argument, like ALL arguments the left makes on any issue, is not the actual issue.
The fact that legitimate voters are disenfranchised when a fraudulent vote cancels them out does not register with them.
When you try to understand a leftist’s argument, you have to work from their desired result backwards. That’s how they take a position on any issue, and why they seem to hold contradictory positions on different issues.
bttt
The fact that legitimate voters are disenfranchised when a fraudulent vote cancels them out does not register with them.
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Or one could say “does not matter to them.”
Remember: Donna Brazille was in charge to bringing in Florida for Gore. She and her cohort KNEW that they had provided enough ballots.
It was the Angel in the Whirlwind which enabled the butterfly ballot to foil Ms Brazille and the DNC’s carefully calculated ballot stuffing in those three strongly democratic counties.
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