Posted on 10/27/2010 3:59:18 AM PDT by Zakeet
In 2006, conservative activists repeatedly claimed that the problem of people casting fraudulent votes was so widespread that it was corrupting the political process and possibly costing their candidates victories.
The accusations turned out to be largely false, but they led to a heated debate, with voting rights groups claiming that the accusations were crippling voter registration drives and reducing turnout.
That debate is flaring anew.
Tea Party members have started challenging voter registration applications and have announced plans to question individual voters at the polls whom they suspect of being ineligible.
In response, liberal groups and voting rights advocates are sounding an alarm, claiming that such strategies are scare tactics intended to suppress minority and poor voters.
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Voting rights advocates say they are worried.
“Private efforts to police the polls create a real risk of vote suppression, regardless of their intent,” said Wendy R. Weiser, director of the Voting Rights and Elections Project at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. “People need to know that any form of discrimination, intimidation or challenge to voters without adequate basis is illegal or improper.”
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About 43 percent fewer new voters have registered in Wisconsin this year than in 2006, while in Indiana, the decrease has been about 35 percent. Significant drops have also been seen in Ohio (25 percent), North Carolina (28 percent), Florida (27 percent) and Maryland (21 percent), according to state election data collected by the Brennan Center.
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First, you evil conservatives shut down Acorn ... then, you chase off our Black Panthers ... then, you insist on validating the names we submit ... and now you are threatening to prosecute us when we commit fraud. Don't you realize these strategies are nothing more than scare tactics intended to suppress minority and poor voters? Have you no shame?
Cool. Must be working
The slimes is worried that WE are turning the tables.
“The chapter does not have a copier machine, so the expense of duplicating documents like birth certificates or driver’s licenses falls to unpaid volunteers.” (Georgia LOWV - complaining about complying with voter registration/citizenship laws.)
Waaaaah - unpaid volunteers have to comply with the law... wahhhh. So what are they getting at? Should they be paid to register voters? Should they be exempt from compliance with Georgia law?
In an age when high quality “all in one” technology can be had for less than $200.00 - I find this to be an abysmally lame excuse.
Obama and his Administration need to be brought to justice.Hopefully we can get the ball rolling with the new Congress.
Hey, Ian!
What “voter fraud?” How about when more votes are cast in a county than there are registered voters? How about when the polling places in a county are held open after they were supposed to be closed, due to a court order made by a judge. And the affidavit that the judge used to issue the order was signed by a dead person! How about a primary where the winner won by 1 vote, and it was alleged by a number of sworn statements by poll watchers that non-citizens were voting - That a number of Somali immigrants who were unable to read or even speak english came in to vote, and in some cases, their “interpreters” actually filled out the ballot for them, in violation of state election law. And the sec of state (who’s actually running for the US senate) refused to do anything about it.
No, nothing to see here people... Move along, move along...
Mark
Wendy R. Weiser, director of the Voting Rights and Elections Project at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. “People need to know that any form of discrimination, intimidation or challenge to voters without adequate basis is illegal or improper.”
'Improper'???
Would 'improper' be like using the wrong fork to eat Salad with? Huh, Wendy?
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