October 31, 2004

  • If you're curious about the voter fraud being perpetrated on American voters, you could do worse than to listen to Jack Hitt's story on the latest episode of 'This American Life.' It starts at about 21:45.

Comments (4)

  • That was one scary show.

  • Yes, if run of the mill shootings of campaign offices isn't serious enough for you, there's the following:

    Incidents in South Carolina and Florida

    Some more action in Florida

    More ACORN activity in Tennessee and some trouble with vote registrars in Wisconsin

    Ohio Democrat officials swear to defy the law concerning voter registrations

    I have more . . .

  • Ok, let's see...

    The first one complains that an organization with the word 'progressive' in the name can't possibly hold a 'non-partisan' voter drive, but gives no evidence of any wrongdoing, and doesn't even make an accusation. Strike one.

    Second one might be accusations of wrongdoing, but not accusations of voter fraud... or it might be a disgruntled employee. Strike one and a half.

    Third one is some folks accused of registering people who didn't actually register themselves. While not a good thing to do, it's certainly not as though they're being kept from voting. Strike two and a half.

    And fourth... Well, you might want to email Bill Hobbs and let him know that Blackwell is a REPUBLICAN, not a Democrat. But the point here is that what he's doing is actually good: He's going to hand out provisional ballots to whoever asks for them. That means the vote stands a chance of being counted, even though the voter's registration might have been screwed up through some other means.

    So: Three and a half strikes. You're out.

  • Clearly, your reading skills need some work.

    The accusation you missed in 1:

    In South Carolina, a man registering voters on behalf of the South Carolina Progressive Network has been arrested on charges of forgery and multiple counts of fraudulent registration or voting, after using names and personal information of people, including the mayor of Florence, on more than 1,000 apparently fraudulent voter registration forms and turning them in to the county voter registration office.

    3: Voter fraud isn't limited to keeping people from voting.  It also includes voting and registering to vote under false pretenses.

    4: Again, you appear to have some trouble reading.  If you go back, you will see Blackwell, the state's chief election official, and therefore in charge of deciding matters like this, has instituted a rule that says provisional ballots may not be given out, as is his right to do.  Democratic officials from a certain county are insisting on defying him. To quote the article:

    Cuyahoga County election officials said Monday they will give provisional ballots to every voter who asks for one on Election Day, defying a controversial order from Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

    This puts the county at odds with Blackwell, the state's chief election official, who said last month that provisional ballots must not be given to voters who appear at the wrong precincts or polling locations.

    . . .

    Blackwell, a Republican, said he's merely repeating a state law that says all ballots must be cast in the correct precincts - a law shared by 27 other states. Until now, he said, no one had complained that the provisional rule conflicted with federal law.

    "We depend on election officials to adhere to the law," Blackwell said. "My job is to make sure there are no unreasonable barriers, and that we don't open up our system to widespread fraud."

     

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