Posted on 12/04/2007 7:55:17 AM PST by vietvet67
In what may be the most important voting case since Bush v. Gore, the U.S. Supreme Court in January will hear a challenge to Indianas 2006 law requiring a voter ID to vote. If the court rules against the law, 22 state voter ID laws that were designed to prevent voter fraud could be eliminated.
Democrats and so-called voting rights groups such as ACORN, the ACLU and the League of Women Voters (all of whom are challenging the law) claim there has been little actual voter fraud, few federal prosecutions and convictions, and that the purpose of the Indiana law is to prevent minorities and the poor from voting.
This argumentation and legal challenge are being made despite numerous cases of voter fraud that have been reported by the media over the last 10 years. Adding fuel to this fire recently were stunning statements by two prominent political activists -- a Democrat and a Republican -- on opposite sides of the continent that show that voter fraud in the United States is very real.
The Albuquerque Tribune reported in January 2007 that the newly elected New Mexico elections director and former general counsel for the state Democratic Party, Daniel Ivey-Soto, frankly told county elections officials that voter fraud exists in that key swing state. I have been in conversations with people who have told me that, at various times, theyve voted more than once on Election Day.
It happens. Asked by the clerks how he could guarantee that same-day voter registration laws would not cause more voter fraud, Ivey-Soto replied, I cant ... but I cant guarantee there isnt fraud going on now.
I know people who have gone on Election Day and voted multiple times because they knew people who werent going to vote.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
The part of this that really sucks is that we are seeing the beginnings of the collapse of our republic. When people loose faith in one man one vote, open rebellion will not be far behind.
No one will have faith that thier side just lost, and will not accept that the winner is accually the majority, and if they are not the majority and enough people are sure of it, revolutions start that way!!!
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