Voter Fraud?

Our good friend and leftist mentor, Mud, has posted a piece on voter fraud, in which he surmises that the Republican party suppresses the votes of lower income minorities such as blacks, Latinos, and even low income whites.  As is usual for our friend Mud, he neglects to mention the dead people and illegal immigrants that so overwhelmingly vote Democrat.  Mr. Mud also forgets such incidents as the New Black Panther thugs Shebaz Sheboozle and the other one, who menacingly threatened voters in an effort to suppress votes.

But he does have a point.  Republicans have historically suppressed minority voters, especially in the post-Civil War South.  Remember the Ku Klux Klan?  Weren't they Republicans?  And what about Bull Connor?

In 1938, Connor became a candidate for Governor of Alabama. He announced he would be campaigning on a platform of "protecting employment practices, law enforcement, segregation and other problems that have been historically classified as states' rights by the Democratic party."

Whoops.  Looks like old Bull was a Democrat.  I wonder where Mud found factual evidence of Republican voter suppression?  I'm betting he didn't.  Funny how he is about facts, huh?

Here's a link to an opinion piece on Republican voter suppression.  Note:  Opinion is not fact.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67555.html

How about this opinion?



Fifty percent of black males between 18 and 24 don't have picture ID?  How do they cash a check?  The idea that requiring a photo ID to vote as suppressing a right is absolutely ludicrous.  In most states, if a policeman asks you to identify yourself, you are required to show him your photo ID.  Unless you are an illegal immigrant.  Then the very idea of asking you to identify yourself is a violation of your civil rights.  Bullshit.

I must admit I was surprised by our equally good friend Jeff disagreeing with the Mudster.  Sometimes Jeff confuses me.  Sometimes he seems like a normal human.

Northwest Ohio Native

11/12/2011 at 5:32 PM

The first question I get asked when this subject is brought up is how widespread is voter fraud. I can’t answer because I don’t know what is considered voter fraud to even begin searching for statistics..

While talking with someone recently, I was surprised to learn that an I.D. was required for food stamps in Ohio. It seems that voting is the only personal activity that doesn’t require a photo I.D.; in Ohio voting does require some sort of I.D., just not photo. I am also aware that in the legislation proposed requiring a photo I.D., State Of Ohio photo I.D.’s would be offered to anyone free of charge.

When you say early voting took place directly after church it sounds like you’re saying the civil responsibility of voting can be tied to attending church. Anything remotely tying church membership to government voting throws up some red flags. I would estimate (conservatively) over 50% of church leaders “encourage” their members to vote a certain way. I’m sure you know how I would feel about someone saying “I can make it to church, but not to vote.”

My personal view is that early voting is unnecessary as the polls are open 13 hours election day, voting stations are spread around to be near the precinct residences and absentee voting is very easy. As an older person, I seem to recall that many, many democrats were elected before early voting was implemented. I will concede that getting to the voting station may have become more of an issue now that precinct voting locations have been combined; but wasn’t this done because travel to the voting locations has become so much easier than a century ago? Would the precinct voting locations be more spread out if early voting was abolished?

Voter I.D.’s are a harder question issue to decide. It depends on what you consider voter fraud. What I consider voter fraud, you might just consider a fact of life.

Seriously, you could provide free door to door taxi service (some places do) and you’d still get a low voter turnout. And I think some pieces of crap will always be elected due to the buying power of special interest groups. Don’t you think if a person cares enough to “really” learn about ballot issues, they’ll be smart enough and have enough drive to get to the polls? Once again, I may be giving today’s American voters too much credit.

The real suppression of votes occurs in our schools, where they no longer emphasize the civic responsibility of voting.  To grow up not caring about your vote should be a crime, but how do you punish someone for avarice?  You can't take away something that an individual has already thrown away.   Maybe Mud just likes to whine and bitch.  He really should do better research.