Posted on 10/14/2014 9:33:21 AM PDT by centurion316
We are now three weeks to Election Day, which means we are deep into another round of the voting wars—the ceaseless legislative, legal and regulatory battle over which Americans can vote, and when and where and with what paperwork they must do so. Here's a modest proposal: How about we finally call off the fight?
Forget it, you say. There is no way the Republican Party and conservative movement, which have invested so much time and effort in restricting the franchise to serve partisan ends, are going to give up now. But what if there are some good reasons why it might actually be in their interest to do so? Consider:
1. The voting wars are a costly, bureaucratic nightmare.
Conservatives claim to disdain bureaucratic waste and costly litigation—which is exactly what the voting wars have devolved into. Every few days, it seems, brings a new court ruling on a state’s voting laws, often reversing another ruling of just a few days or weeks prior. This back and forth is not just hard to keep track of—it is also causing no end of bureaucratic disarray, which comes at a price to the taxpayer. -SNIP-
2. The absence of voter fraud is becoming impossible to deny.
Liberals and civil libertarians have long argued that the threat of voter fraud cited to justify voter ID laws was wildly overstated, and that the only real effect of such laws would be to reduce voting by racial and ethnic minorities and young people who lacked the necessary identification. But there was just enough empirical haze around the laws, and their central claim was sufficiently intuitive ... for many neutral arbiters to go along with the laws, as did the Supreme Court with its 2008 ruling ... upholding the voter ID requirement in Indiana.
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(Excerpt) Read more at newrepublic.com ...
The absence of voter fraud is becoming impossible to deny.
The what? It isn't in the least difficult to demonstrate voter fraud. HERE is a story in today's news about an LA Councilman; HERE is a story from 2011 about an NAACP leader sent to prison for no fewer than 10 counts of voter fraud. No wonder the NAACP is against voter ID. Those weren't difficult to find, they were the first two entries on a simple Google search. One would hope a liberal "expert" on the New Republic would be capable of such a highly technical feat. Unless, of course, he's simply lying about it. Gosh, would he do that?
Oh, well if Rand Paul says so...
Rats do it, GOPe condone it by ignoring it. The working Tax payers fund both these criminal organizations.
Abandon all hope, Ye who enter here.
HA! What is undeniable is the absence of interest in investigating and procesuting voter fraud.
Election fraud has been going on since there have been elections. The methods are more subtle and high tech these days.
That it exists CANNOT be denied. Except by a 'Rat.
Give that Al Franken won his Senate seat through voter fraud, this a demonstrable lie.
“If you’re not catching flak, you’re not over the target.”
They can’t even manage the charade of “friendly advice” though. By the second paragraph, they have to display their bile:
“There is no way the Republican Party and conservative movement, which have invested so much time and effort in restricting the franchise to serve partisan ends...”
It’s kind of sad that adult, professional writers are filled with such blind hatred that they can’t even manage to refrain from insulting their target audience for one article.
Truly moronic article...trouble is it’s just as dishonest as it is moronic!!!
Conservatives are not the target audience for this article. They are preaching to the choir, giving their crowd ludicrous little fact bites that can later be claimed to be true. Remember lefties have to be told what to think and they have to be given the arguments that they are meant to be making.
I didn't know they would be trying for comedy on that commie blog, but they've succeeded!
Liberals and "civil libertarians" are liars to the core. Fraud enablement is the only reason to oppose voter ID.
The new republic author is a fool. Do they allow him to send his scrawlings fro his mental hospital room?
TL;DR - get the “fringe” to shut up, so the Leftmost RINO candidates can give voters the option of “well, might as well go all the way and vote for the Leftist” or, if they win like Pataki did, garner enough support to slide the Leftist agenda thru with little opposition.
Let the crooked Democrats call off their part in the voting wars.
How the hell are we supposed to vote in person, Skipper?
Well that puts you right there with those that try to keep the military from voting or attempts to make sure their votes do not count.
The voting booth is over that-a-way ... about 5000 miles. If you can't get there to vote ... too dang bad.
Negative, Maverick ... we'll be bingo long before we get back to vote.
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