That's pretty rich! ACORN was found GUILTY of voter fraud in Washington State during our last election. Now they are trying to downplay it happens when they are one of the groups that is active in voter fraud?!
I am hopeful that the current Supreme court will knock down this socialist attempt to cheat on our national elections. I think everyone needs ID and a simple history test which may include such questions as: 1) Who kicked Santana’s butt out of Texas? 2) How many miles of the border fence have been erected to date? 3) How many illegals does it take to cross the border illegally?
what a crock!!!
ALWAYS throw it back in their faces that it is ALWAYS a Democrat that opposes making sure a voter is eligible to vote.
Ineligible (illegal) voters cancel out, and DISINFRANCHISE, legitimate voters.
But, leftists don’t care, because the ends always justify the means.
One is too many. By the way, I can't remember reading about one single case of Republican voter fraud. Democrats commit voter fraud.
This was no secret. The trail and events were covered by The New York Times and other major publications. Most of them more accurate than The New York Times but The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is about as bad.
The voter fraud took place in the Democrat primary only, of course. And that is, of course, the reason no one in the press or on the wrong side of the aisle remembers it.
Overwhelming democRAT voter.....WHAT A SHOCK!!!!!!
I have been trying to obtain a Matricula Consular card from the Mexican embassy to prove what a fraud it is, no luck thus far. Damn me for not being a criminal!
Yeah, here in New Mexico we are very familiar with it. There is also the extra box of votes from Donna Ana county that always magically appear when the vote is close.
How Voter Fraud in Philadelphia Affect Us All
By 2banana
According to CNN, Bush lost Pennsylvania to Kerry by 144,248 votes (out of more than 5.7 million cast - a razor thin margin that was even closer than the “too close to call” Ohio vote).
Also according to CNN, Kerry received about 542,000 votes and Bush received about 130,000 votes in Philadelphia (or a ratio of 4.16 for Kerry).
Now, for the really interesting numbers. According to the recent US Census, the Population of Philadelphia that is of voting age is 1,105,066. This number includes people who by law can not vote (non-American citizens, felons, out of state college students, etc.). In 2004, there were 1,035,395 registered voters in Philadelphia, up 34,000 from 2001.
So, what does this mean?
First, even as Philadelphia looses population, the number of registered voters continues to increase, year after year. Today, in Philadelphia, nearly 100% of every person of voting age must registered to vote (as compared to a national average of 60% by the Census Bureau). Consider, since 1995, Philadelphia’s voter rolls have jumped 24 percent while at the same time that the city’s population has declined by 13 percent.
Second, the total lopsidedness of the 4.16 ratio is an absolutely astounding number - even heavily democratic Broward Country, FL (one of the only places Gore wanted recounted in 2000) only went for Kerry 2:1 and Cook County, IL (Chicago - THE definition of the democrat voting machine) only went for Kerry 2.5:1.
Either Philadelphia has the most engaged and civic population in the history of the World, or there is massive voter fraud.
And the amount of fraud easily exceeds the margin of loss of President Bush. For instance, if the registration was above average and if Philadelphia was just your “average-democrat-rustbelt-city-union-stronghold with a 50 year democrat political machine,” the vote for Kerry in Philadelphia would have been just over 350,000. The voter fraud in Philadelphia is worth about 150,000 votes - a deficit that any Republican running for statewide office must overcome with real votes.
But is this “real” fraud or is it one of the easily predicted “unintended consequences” of the Clinton Motor-Voter Law? A few nights before the 2004 presidential election, Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Andrea Mitchell and the Mayor of Philadelphia (John Street) were on Hardball. They were all laughing away about how the election was great for the economy of Philadelphia, and suggesting that there would plenty of “street money” around to “get out the vote.” And these are the same people who are going to stop or report any kind of voter fraud?
I find it ironic that a country like Afghanistan (where I had combat tour of duty), with no history of democracy, has a country wide and nearly fraud free election under the oversight of us - Americans. But we instituted a few rules like - you had to prove you are an Afghan, you had to get a voter ID, show the voter ID when you voted, your name had to match the voter roll, and you had to get your thumb stamped by permanent ink so you couldn’t vote twice.
Maybe, one day, in Philadelphia, we will have free and fair elections with a minimum of fraud on the level of the recent vote in Afghanistan.
An ID is not too much to ask. People who object are the same people who want to preserve the current and future vote fraud schemes.
I noticed with interest that most voter frauds occurred in large cities with strong union presence. They had the funds and manpower to help the fraud process along to achieve the desired results.
And most unions favor the Democrats in the elections for the promised benefits.
I hate the very idea of a voter or national ID card. But it will be necessary to protect our country from those who would destroy it.
When I was a boy, the League of Women Voters was a highly respected and trusted organization. They used to organize the presidential debates, and they could be trusted to do so with complete fairness.
We’ve come a long way down hill since then.
Yet it is the most shabbily treated by politicians and voters alike.
Each State and Precinct should guard this precious right with diligence. Only identifiably citizens in their wards should be registered and only identifiable registered voters permitted in the booth (one at a time).
Registration on voting days or within days of, is an invitation to fraud. Registering at Vehicle License Bureaus is an invitation for fraud. Registering college students in October having just arrived in school with no knowledge of local questions and then bussed to voting stations in thumbing noses at the constitution.
One of our worst curses is the illegal and the uninformed voter.
Dang! Next thing ya know, they’ll require a picture ID to drive a car. hic!!!!
The Driver’s Licenses for ILLEGALS was ONLY so they could VOTE ILLEGALLY!! NON-CITIZENS voting means citizens are DIS-ENFRANCHISED!! This cannot stand if our country wants to remain standing!
BTTT!
I bet there has been so much voter fraud in Democratic precincts over decades. Especially in the central cities . . . who’s going to rat on any cheating?
The fact that the ACLU, ACORN et al are opposing this confirms alot right there.