Posted on 10/10/2008 11:18:48 AM PDT by Natural Law
I want a pledge from the candidates that if elected they will move quickly and deliberately to make the sponsorship of, participation in, or otherwise facilitating of voter fraud a class 1 federal felony with a minimum penalty of life in prison.
As a veteran I have witnessed the extreme sacrifice of those who have paid the ultimate price to ensure our most dear liberty, that of the vote. When others endeavor to negate a lawful vote they are achieving the same thing as those who sought to deny the vote. I see no effective difference between an ACORN activist, a financer of ACORN, a Waffen SS storm trooper, or a KKK lynch mob. They should be treated the same.
After all, they are BY FAR the biggest beneficiaries of it!
Elections are largely handled at the state and the local levels. Why do you want the Federal Government interfering in what is essentially a locally-handled matter?
I want a pledge that the vanities will stop!
If you can’t see the difference between a serial rapist or a first-degree murderer versus a person committing voter fraud then I guess there’s not use discussion this with you.
Granted, conspiracy to commit voter fraud is a bad thing, but to say it is akin to first degree felonies like bank robbery is beyond the pale. I mean, death penalty for this office? yeah, right.
I find it interesting that people are finding all kinds of detrimental information about Obama, such as his birth certificate and the people that support him......terrorists, America haters, etc, but Obama’s people can find nothing about McCain. It’s unbelieveable that democrats don’t see this.
If you don't believe that the right to vote is something worth fighting and dying for and that it is about the only thing that effectively keeps us from suffering under a dictatorship then there is not much hope for you.
Vote fraud is worse than murder or rape! It is not a crime against an individual it is a crime against everyone. Furthermore it’s primary purpose is to put people in power who will murder and rape multitudes.
Voter fraud in a presidential election is an attempt to overthrow the lawfully elected President of the United States.
It’s treason.
I’m with you totally on this. The sanctity of the vote is the keystone upon which the foundation of our freedoms depend.
Citizens all across the country need to get out in their communities and do whatever we can to help prevent and report voter fraud. We need to start a grass roots movement to educate people on the sanctity of the voting privilege and impress upon them why no one should jeopardize that precious privilege by registering in a parking lot with a stranger about whom they know nothing.
Voting and driving are both privileges, not rights. In order to exercise either privilege requires registering with the state and proof of identification. To drive also requires demonstrating a rudimentary enough knowledge of the process of driving to keep you from hurting anyone. I can’t sign up for a drivers license with any volunteer off the street. So why shouldn’t voting require my going to a state office to register and demonstrating that I at least have that much interest in voting and maybe know enough not to hurt the electoral process.
What surprises me are some of the post you've received (shaking head)
The casting of an unlawful vote offsets and therefore negates a lawful vote. The effect is exactly the same as if the unlawful voter stood outside a polling place with a gun to prevent the casting of a lawful vote or stole and destroyed ballot boxes. There can be no greater crime against the republic and the citizens it represents and should warrant no less a punishment.
.......There can be no greater crime against the republic and the citizens it represents and should warrant no less a punishment......
The crime justifies hanging, now, not 15 years later.
Too bad we can't (don't) require the same to vote.
If ya don’t want to read them—— stop reading them....
geeshk
I don't want to go there. Voter eligibility should not be arbitrarily determined by some bureaucrat to governmental official.
What makes you think I actually read them? ;)
Voting and elections is administered at the local and state level. Would you like the Feds to take over all elections, including local and state elections? After all, liberals from other states would love to directly influence elections in conservative states and jurisdictions.
Penalties for voter fraud can be handled at the state and local level.
There are numerous other offenses that are primarily local and state crimes, but is backed up by a federal civil rights or constitutional statute and prosecution to keep the states and localities honest.
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